Windcuffer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Windcuffer is a noun meaning (UK dialectal, originally Orkney, rare) The common kestrel.
Meaning
(UK dialectal, originally Orkney, rare) The common kestrel.
Example Sentences
A windcuffer hovered overhead.
I was gorse on the track beaconing the way, I was seal in the sea, braving the swell, I was windcuffer mounting the bitter winds, I was cloud billowing higher than Hoy.
An auld ram alone huddled against the wind, that had swept clear the skies even of eagle, windcuffer, and goose. The scent of saltwater rode the wind over the freshwater loch, and the dry field-grasses rattled,
Word Forms
- windcuffers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include windfucker, windhover, windsucker, keelie, kitt, castrel.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.