anemoscope

English

Etymology

From anemo- +‎ -scope.

Noun

anemoscope (plural anemoscopes)

  1. An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane or weathercock.
    1. (historical, especially) A device consisting of a vane above, connected to the inside of a building with a dial or index to show the wind direction.

Translations

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.