Meaning

Alternative form of mistral (“type of wind”)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Alternative form of mistral (“type of wind”).
2. (ambitransitive) To gallop in such a way that the rear hoof lands in line with the place where the front hoof on the opposite side landed.

Example Sentences

Heat, dust, bustle, and confusion, not unattended with great excitement, prevail during the long summer's day. Equal bustle and confusion, with mud, and the "mistrail," or north-west wind, that of winter.

Hyères (Var), a small town well sheltered from the north wind, exposed to the full south, four kilometers from the sea, but insufficiently protected against the mistrail; the thermometer rarely sinks below zero.

Impressing them as pattering rain upon a Rhino's hide, Or like the Mistrail's hail affects the rocky mountain side.

The mistrail is charged with positive ions.

again, the imprint of the posterior foot in question may be made in front or behind that the diagonal anterior foot, and then the horse mistrails himself (se dépiste) .

dépister, v.r., (man.) to mistrail (said of the gallop when the imprint of the rear foot is in front of or behind that of the diagonal anterior).

Word Forms

• mistrails
• mistrailing
• mistrailed

When Should You Use Mistrail?

Use mistrail when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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