land breeze


noun
  1. a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces.

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Origin of land breeze

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First recorded in 1660–70

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How to use land breeze in a sentence

  • Our progress was slow; at times, although the sail filled with the rising land breeze, we scarcely seemed to move at all.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
  • The land-breeze is always freshest close in, provided you are not so near as to make a lee of the trees.

    The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper
  • Now, down among the West India Islands, one is just as certain of having a land-breeze as he is of having a sea-breeze.

    The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper
  • At that instant the first puffs of the land breeze were felt, and the stern of the ship made a gentle inclination seaward.

  • There was a hot land breeze; I sailed out into the bay and cruised north along the coves which I have wired.

    The Dark Star | Robert W. Chambers

Cultural definitions for land breeze

land breeze

The breeze that blows from the land toward the sea after sunset. The land cools more quickly than the ocean, cooling the air above it. The warmer air above the water continues to rise, and cooler air from over the land replaces it, creating a breeze. (Compare sea breeze.)

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