OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7760

vane

/veɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aspa
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
vexilo
The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
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