weather vane

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Noun

weather vane (plural weather vanes)

1. A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.
   • 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

     From the graveyard gate one can count a dozen gayly painted farmhouses; the gilded weather-vanes on the big red barns wink at each other across the green and brown and yellow fields.

Synonyms

• weathercock

Related terms

• anemoscope
• vane
• weather
• weathercock

Translations

• French: girouette
• German: Wetterfahne, Windfahne
• Italian: banderuola
• Portuguese: cata-vento, ventoinha, catavento
• Russian: флю́гер
• Spanish: veleta

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