Windflaw

//ˈwɪndflɔː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.

    "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."

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gustgust

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"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."

Etymology

From wind + flaw.

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