weather vane

weather vane

a vane that swings in the wind to show the direction from which the wind is blowing

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Noun

(plural weather vanes)

(countable) A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.

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The church consists of a clerestoried nave and choir, with a western tower; the eastward extension of the choir, the construction of the retrochoir and other works were undertaken in 1900 and consecrated in 1905 as a memorial to Dr Walsham How, the first bishop. During restoration of the spire (the height of which is 247 ft.) in 1905, records of previous work upon it were discovered in a sealed receptacle in the weather-vane.

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