tourmenten.
/ˈtʊəmɒnt//tʊəˈmɒnt/ A whirling storm or eddy (of snow): cf. torment n. 5.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > snow-storm > whirling
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1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. Alps of Savoy 187 The strong west wind..raises the snow into fearful eddies, called tourmentes in the French.]
1847 G. B. Cheever Wanderings Pilgrim xii. 90 The fury of these tourmentes is inconceivable.
1909 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 341/1 I reached it..in a more than usually objectionable tourmente of snow.
1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xii. 177 I could see that it was blowing hard, for my glass showed me little tourmentes of snow.
1928 Blackwood's Mag. May 601/1 Above the howl of the tourmente came the crash of falling rocks.
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