# windsock

Pronunciation: US say "WIND-sahk" /ˈwɪndˌsɑk/; UK say "WIND-sok" /ˈwɪndˌsɒk/

## Noun

1. A large, cone-shaped, open-ended fabric tube that shows wind direction and rough wind speed, used especially at small airfields.
   - Simple: A cloth tube shaped like a cone that fills with air to show which way the wind is blowing.
   - _Before takeoff, the instructor glanced at the windsock to gauge the crosswind._
   - _A limp windsock told the ground crew that the air was almost still._

## Origin

A compound formed from "wind" and "sock."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/windsock (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).