Kentucky windages

A form of Kentucky windage — 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.

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Meanings

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

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

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

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