Definition of Mackerel sky

1. Noun. A sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds.

Generic synonyms: Sky

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

macintosh
macintoshes
mack
mack daddies
mack daddy
mackayite
mackayites
macked
mackerel
mackerel bird
mackerel birds
mackerel scad
mackerel shad
mackerel shark
mackerel sharks
mackerel sky (current term)
mackereler
mackerelers
mackerels
mackinaw
mackinaw boat
mackinaw boats
mackinaw coat
mackinaw coats
mackinaw jacket
mackinaw jackets
mackinaw skiff
mackinaw skiffs
mackinaw trout
mackinaw trouts

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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