Associations to the word «Windsock»

Wiktionary

WINDSOCK, noun. (aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.

Dictionary definition

WINDSOCK, noun. A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats