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spindrift

[ spin-drift ]

/ ˈspɪnˌdrɪft /

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noun

spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.

Also spoondrift.

Origin of spindrift

1590–1600; variant of Scots speendrift spoondrift

Words nearby spindrift

spindleage, spindlelegs, spindleshanks, spindling, spindly, spindrift, spine, spine of scapula, spine-bashing, spine-chiller, spine-chilling

Example sentences from the Web for spindrift

If you fly them to Spindrift no one will know that Marks has even arrived.

The Electronic Mind Reader |John Blaine
Mr Bowles, meanwhile, was out of sight forward, hidden by the gloom and the cloud of spindrift.

The Pirate Island |Harry Collingwood
He started at the beginning, with the arrival of Balgos at Spindrift, and ended with the day's events.

The Flaming Mountain |Harold Leland Goodwin
But do I bring that up as a reason why you should not take her for a sail in the Spindrift?

The Simpkins Plot |George A. Birmingham

The Spindrift bearers unpacked utensils and their own rations of rice and dried meat.

The Caves of Fear |John Blaine

British Dictionary definitions for spindrift

spindrift

/ (ˈspɪnˌdrɪft) /

noun

spray blown up from the surface of the sea

powdery snow blown off a mountain

Nontechnical name: spoondrift

Word Origin for spindrift

C17: of Scottish origin, possibly from a variant of obsolete spoon to scud + drift