windsock

A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used at airports and other locations to indicate the direction and relative speed of the wind.

• 🇫🇷Cône de tissu tronqué monté sur un mât, utilisé dans les aéroports et ailleurs pour indiquer la direction et la vitesse relative du vent.

1. Wind direction indicator B1 formal

   A fabric tube, open at both ends and mounted on a pole, used to show the direction and approximate speed of the wind, commonly found at airports.

   • The pilot checked the windsock before landing.
   • The windsock was pointing east, indicating a strong breeze.
   • At the small airfield, a windsock fluttered in the wind.

   🇫🇷manche à air

   Synonymes: air sockwind conewind sleevewind sock

• windsocks plural form
• windsocks' possessive plural form
• windsock's possessive singular form