cloud bow

noun

A fogbow seen in clouds, typically from an aircraft looking downwards.

Meanings

nouncloud bow (plural cloud bows)

plural cloud bows

  1. climatologyA fogbow seen in clouds, typically from an aircraft looking downwards.
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