SPINDRIFT


Meaning of SPINDRIFT in English

■ noun

1》 spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.

2》 driving snow.

Origin

C17 (orig. Scots): var. of spoondrift , from archaic spoon 'run before wind or sea' + drift .

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