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WIND SLEEVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wind sleeve mean?
• WIND SLEEVE (noun)
The noun WIND SLEEVE has 1 sense:
1. a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Familiarity information: WIND SLEEVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
air-sleeve; air sock; drogue; sock; wind cone; wind sleeve; wind sock; windsock
Hypernyms ("wind sleeve" is a kind of...):
visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)
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