windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue
(noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
windsock (plural windsocks)
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
• (conical, open-ended tube that indicates wind direction): air sock, wind cone
Source: Wiktionary
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
