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windsock definition

wind·sock (-säk′)

noun

a long, cone-shaped cloth bag, open at both ends and attached to the top of a mast, as at an airfield, to show wind direction
also called wind sleeve

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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