windflaw

English

Etymology

From wind +‎ flaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndflɔː/

Noun

windflaw (plural windflaws)

1. A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.
   • 1912, Jack London, chapter 8, in A Son Of The Sun:

     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.

   • 2008, Willie Nelson,, Mike Blakely, A Tale Out of Luck: A Novel‎^[1], →ISBN:

     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.

Synonyms

• gust

Translations

Sudden strong wind

• Maori: pararā

References

• “windflaw”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.