OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20927

weather vane

/ˈwɛð.ɚ veɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
veleta
A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.
From the graveyard gate one can count a dozen gayly painted farmhouses; the gilded weather-vanes on the big red barns wink at each other across the green and brown and yellow field…
This one is surmounted by a clock-tower with a bent weather-vane - the latter being the only disorderly object in sight.
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