Kentucky windage

noun

An adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

Similar
Tennessee windage
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Meanings

nounKentucky windage (usually uncountable, plural Kentucky windages)

plural Kentucky windages

  1. USslanguncountableusuallyAn adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

    Synonyms: Tennessee windage

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn adjustment made by a shooter to correct for wind (or motion of the target) by aiming at a point horizontal to the target's position in the sight rather than by adjusting the sight to compensate.

Similar
Tennessee windage
Also see
tennessee windage

Origin

Derived from marksmen using the Kentucky rifle.

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APA

Kentucky windage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kentucky%20windage

MLA

“Kentucky windage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kentucky%20windage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kentucky windage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kentucky%20windage.

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