单词 | wind-gauge |
释义 | ˈwind-gauge, -gage [f. wind n.1 + gauge.] I. †1. = Weather-gage: see weather n. 8 and gauge n. 5 a. Obs. rare.
1652French Occurrences 29 Nov.–6 Dec. 214 They were got up neer the Ness-point, ours keeping still the wind-gage. II. 2. = anemometer 1.
1774Phil. Trans. LXIV. 426 To which may be added, the rain-gage, wind-gage, &c. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 38 The Anemometer, or Wind-Gauge. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m., Wind-gauge, an anemometer for testing the velocity of the wind in mines. 3. A graduated attachment to the sights of a gun, to enable allowance to be made for the effect of the wind on the projectile. Also attrib.
1862Catal. Internat. Exhib. II. xi. 7 Small bore, ·451 rifle with wind gauge sight and movable shade. 1909Stacpoole Pools of Silence iv, His telescopic sights and wind-gauges are second to none in the world. 4. = anemometer 2.
1876[see anemometer 2]. 1881W. E. Dickson Organ-Build. ix. 121. |

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