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wind•sock

Pronunciation: (wind'sok"), [key]
—n.
a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity. Also,wind' sock".Also called air sleeve, air sock, wind cone, wind' sleeve".

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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