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.
Source: wiktionary
Windflaw
//ˈwɪndflɔː//
Synonyms for "windflaw" (2 found)
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Translations
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Māori
1 entries- pararā noun (Sudden strong wind)
Sample sentences
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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.
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