soughing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sough

plural soughings

1. A rushing, rustling sound.

   “To drown out the soughing of the wind through the treetops old King Hrethel tried to sing to himself.”

   1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43

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   So she sat, looking at the rain, listening to the many noiseless noises of it, and to the strange soughings of wind in upper branches, when there seemed to be no wind.

   1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020

   From the mallee and kurrajong trees came a rowdy chatter of parakeets, while queer soughing of air-currents came from the valley top.

   1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 187