WINDSAIL

Etymology

Noun

windsail (plural windsails)

A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel.

The sail or vane of a windmill.

Source: Wiktionary



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29 June 2024

INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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