windtight

[ wind-tahyt ]

/ ˈwɪndˌtaɪt /

so tight as to prevent passage of wind or air.

Origin of windtight

First recorded in 1500–10; wind¹ + tight

Long grass, etc., should be plucked and strewn against them to make them as wind-tight as possible.

The Art of Travel |Francis Galton
The houses in which the labourer has to live are neither sanitary, water-tight, nor wind-tight.

From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography |George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.
A cask or vessel to contain water is said to be wind-tight and water-tight.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
The walls of a chicken-house must first of all be wind-tight.

The Dollar Hen |Milo M. Hastings

Direct plunge-brakes worked from lower platform only, loaded silk or fibre, wind-tight.

With The Night Mail |Rudyard Kipling