driftwind

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noun

A wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

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Meanings

noundriftwind (plural driftwinds)

plural driftwinds

  1. archaicA wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

    drift-winds force to raging

    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)

Origin

From drift + wind.

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APA

driftwind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftwind

MLA

“driftwind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftwind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driftwind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftwind.

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