Drehflügel — meaning in English

English meaning

• vane noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.

Senses

Drehflügel is used for these senses in English:

• casement A window sash that is hinged on the side.
• vane 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.

vane — full definition

1. noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.
2. noun A flat blade mounted on an axis that is turned by, or used to turn, a moving fluid, as in a turbine or windmill.
3. noun The flat, web-like part of a feather formed by the barbs on either side of the central shaft.

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