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View synonyms for windsock

windsock

or wind sock

[ wind-sok ]

noun

  1. a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.

windsock

/ ˈwɪndˌsɒk /

noun

  1. a truncated cone of textile mounted on a mast so that it is free to rotate about a vertical axis: used, esp at airports, to indicate the local wind direction Also calledair sockdroguewind sleevewind cone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of windsock1

First recorded in 1925–30; wind 1 + sock 1

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