anemoscope

English

Etymology

From anemo- +‎ -scope.

Noun

anemoscope (plural anemoscopes)

1. An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane or weathercock. Formerly, it used to apply to a device consisting of a vane above, connected to the inside of a building with a dial or index to show the wind direction, but today there are many varieties.

Translations

an instrument that shows the direction of the wind

• Catalan: anemoscopi m
• French: anémoscope (fr) m
• Italian: anemoscopio (it) m
• Polish: anemoskop (pl) m, wiatrowskaz (pl) m
• Portuguese: anemoscópio (pt) m
• Spanish: anemoscopio (es) m

References

• “anemoscope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.