windflaw
English
Noun
windflaw (plural windflaws)
- A sudden, strong current of wind.
- 1912, Jack London, A Son Of The Sun, ch. 8:
- The front of the wind on the water was a solid, sharply defined strip of dark-coloured, wind-vexed water. In advance of this strip, like skirmishers, were flashes of windflaws.
- 2008, Willie Nelson, and Mike Blakely, A Tale Out of Luck: A Novel, →ISBN, (Google preview):
- The smoke seemed to cover them all halfway to the house, but then it twisted away on a windflaw and lifted like a stage curtain.
- 1912, Jack London, A Son Of The Sun, ch. 8:
Translations
Sudden strong wind
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Synonyms
References
- windflaw at OneLook Dictionary Search
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