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Definition of Mackerel sky
1. Noun. A sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds.
Definition of Mackerel sky
1. Noun. a sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mackerel Sky
Literary usage of Mackerel sky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"And now neither set will appear as long continuous rollers, but from being crossed
will show as a congeries of little cloudlets or drums, ie, mackerel sky. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"An old game at cards. MACKEREL, ». (Fr.) A bawd. MACKEREL-SKY, ». A streaky sky,
believed to portend wind and rain. ..."
3. Weather Lore: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the by Richard Inwards (1898)
"mackerel sky and mares' tails Make lofty ships cany low sails. A mackerel sky
denotes fair weather for that day, but rain a day or two after. ..."
4. My First Holiday; Or, Letters Home from Colorado, Utah, and California. by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1881)
"of splendor rose a long blue cliff of cloud, and above it the mackerel sky was
fretted with gold. I knew as I looked for the first time what suggested ..."
5. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"... Stratus Cloud—The Nimbus or Rain-cloud— Intermediate Forms—The mackerel sky—The
Formation of ..."
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