air-sleeve
- noun
- Specialized
:
manga de viento
- The air-sleeve indicated a strong wind from the north.
Examples
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We could see the air-sleeve flapping in the breeze.
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Pilots rely on the air-sleeve at the end of the runway to check wind direction before takeoff.
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A brightly colored air-sleeve is essential for safe operations at small airfields.
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Pilots rely on the air-sleeve at the end of the runway to check wind direction before takeoff.
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The air-sleeve outside the hangar showed the wind blowing to the east.
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A brightly colored air-sleeve is essential for safe operations at small airfields.
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The air-sleeve outside the hangar showed the wind blowing to the east.
Synonyms
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8.2
A cone-shaped cloth tube on a pole that shows wind direction at airports
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5.1
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength, often at airports
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3.7
A rod on a roof that turns to show wind direction
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4.4
A cloth tube on a pole that shows wind direction and strength
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength at airports
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength
A cloth cone on a pole that shows wind direction and strength
A tool that shows how fast the wind blows and which way it comes from
A T-shaped post at an airfield that shows wind direction to pilots
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Air-sleeve combines air and sleeve, where sleeve here means 'a tube or cover'. Because it is a cloth sleeve fixed on a pole that fills with wind and points the way the air is blowing, pilots use it to see wind direction.