windsock

See also: wind sock

English

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windsock

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Alternative forms

• wind sock

Etymology

From wind +‎ sock.

Noun

windsock (plural windsocks)

1. (aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.

Synonyms

• (conical, open-ended tube that indicates wind direction): air sock, air sleeve, air cone, wind cone, wind sleeve

Translations

tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed

Afrikaans: windkous (af) Catalan: mànega de vent f Danish: vindpose c Dutch: windzak (nl) m Finnish: tuulipussi (fi) French: manche à air (fr) f German: Windsack (de) m Greek: ανεμούριο (el) n (anemoúrio) Italian: manica a vento (it) f, calzino a vento (it) m, calza a vento (it) f, cono a vento (it) m Korean: 바람자루 (ko) (baramjaru) Maori: pīwari kai hau Polish: rękaw (pl) m Portuguese: biruta (pt) f Spanish: anemoscopio (es) m, manga de viento f, cono de viento m, manga catavientos f

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French: (please verify) cône (fr) m

See also

• weathercock
• weathervane, weather vane
• Winsock
• telltale