cloud cap

noun

, Meteorology.

The cloud cap of Gurla extended down to the water, and nothing could be seen of the country to the south.

A moment before we were swathed in the densest cloud-cap, blinded with the fog.

Others remained in the hope of a vanishing of the cloud-cap.

Her gray cloud cap is pulled down across her nose and she leans in her hurry against the storm.

It was worth all the fatigue, cold, and bruises, for that appallingly illogical cloud cap took a new vagary.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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