Dictionary

windsock en · NOUN

Etymology

From wind + sock.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

weather vane · weathercock · telltale · weathervane · Winsock

Synonyms

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

Translations (24)

af windkous (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · fi tuulipussi (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · pt biruta (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · fr manche à vent (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · pl rękaw (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · de Windsack (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · es manga catavientos (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · es manga de viento (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · fr manche à air (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · it cono a vento (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · it calzino a vento (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · ca mànega de vent (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · nb vaker (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · el ανεμούριο (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · it calza a vento (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · bg ветропоказа́телен ръка́в (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · ko 바람자루 (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · da vindpose (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · mi pīwari kai hau (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · es cono de viento (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · nl windzak (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · bg ветропоказа́телен чува́л (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · it manica a vento (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed) · nb vindpølse (tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed)