anemometre

plural anemometres

1. alternativenonstandard and now largely obsoleteAlternative form of anemometer.

   Few people perhaps could tell if asked what an anemometre is.

   1883, American Tract Society, Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States, page 25

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   It has been found, however, that the anemometre, or airmeasurer, can be so adjusted that after a few revolutions it releases a spring[…].

   1877, The Shamrock, volume 15, page 297

   The government suggested that two anemometres should be erected to control traffic during storms.

   2005, Brian Mac Aongusa, Broken Rails: Crashes and Sabotage on Irish Railways, page 156