light air
a wind of 1–3 miles per hour (0.5–1.3 meters per second).
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How to use light air in a sentence
Under the light air the vessel was making about three knots.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyWhat could our utmost efforts accomplish in overtaking a ship, her sails filled even with the light air then blowing?
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. KingstonMiss Cox's Mliss did the better of the two, the Troublesome not being a morsel of use except in light air.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | VariousThe evening was delightfully calm, and the light air from the limpid water fresh and soothing.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperIn vain he turned either cheek toward the light air; they felt equally cool.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for light air
very light air movement of force one on the Beaufort scale
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