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wind-shock|ˈwɪndʃɒk|
[f. wind n.1 + shock n.3]
†1. = wind-shake n. Also attrib. = prec. 2.
1664Evelyn Sylva xxx. 94, I have seen Wind-shock-timber so exquisitely closed, as not to be discerned where the defects were. 1679Ibid. xxvii. (ed. 3) 143 The Wind-shock is a bruise, and shiver throughout the Tree. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 868/2. 1805 Pike Sources Mississ. (1810) 37 One of them [sc. canoes] sunk, in which was the ammunition and my baggage; this was occasioned by what is called a wind-shock.
2. A shock or disturbance of equilibrium caused by a violent gust of wind.
1913Daily News 7 Mar. 1 England must have got a bad windshock, and the machine [an aeroplane] fell like a stone. |