windsock

See also: wind sock

English

A windsock

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, 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 f, calza del vento f, cono del vento m
• Korean: 바람자루 (ko) (baramjaru)
• Polish: rękaw (pl) m
• Portuguese: biruta (pt) f
• Spanish: anemoscopio (es) m, manga de viento f, cono de viento m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} cône (fr) m

See also

• weathercock
• weathervane, weather vane
• Winsock