Definition of Landwind

1. a wind blowing off the land [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Landwind

landslide
landslide victories
landslide victory
landslides
landsliding
landslip
landslips
landsman
landsmen
landspout
landspouts
landwaiter
landwaiters
landward
landwards
landwind (current term)
landwinds
lane
lane violation
laned
lanely
lanes
laneway
laneways
lang syne
langaha
langahas
langar
langarey
langars

Literary usage of Landwind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reise Durch Nord-Brasilien Im Jahre 1859 by Robert Avé-Lallemant (1860)
"... ist auch aus dem Cotinguiba der landwind morgens sehr schwach und unzuverlässig, ... landwind kann nicht leicht ein Schiff zur Barre ..."

2. Maritime Geography and Statistics by James Kingston Tuckey (1819)
"... 'die ice witten kiezen, als de landwind flap is , vaak het anker wederom moeten laten vallen, om -niet tegen de punt van Santa Cruz aan te worden ..."

3. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"Loaded with the perfumes of bourgeoning woods, the landwind rippled the water whose playful wavelets rocked the coco-nut shells which the girls of the ..."

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