driftwind

English

Etymology

From drift +‎ wind.

Noun

driftwind (plural driftwinds)

1. (archaic) A wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.
   • 1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     drift-winds force to raging

References

• “driftwind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.