Windcuffer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The common kestrel. UK, dialectal, rare

    "A windcuffer hovered overhead."

Example

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"An auld ram alone huddled against the wind, that had swept clear the skies even of eagle, windcuffer, and goose. The scent of saltwater rode the wind over the freshwater loch, and the dry field-grasses rattled,"

Etymology

From wind + cuffer, from cuff (“hit, slap”); compare windhover.

Related phrases

common kestrel

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