wind sock

noun

: a truncated cloth cone open at both ends and mounted in an elevated position to indicate the direction of the wind

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There's a small weather station off to the side of the garden that she’s outfitted with a wind sock, a thermometer, and a rain gauge. — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2022 It is shaped like a floppy wind sock and specialized for a single task, says Melissa Ingala, a bat biologist at Fairleigh Dickinson University, who was not involved with the study. — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2022

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First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind sock was in 1928

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“Wind sock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20sock. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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