mountain wind

[ wind ]

noun

1. a wind descending a mountain valley at night.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain wind¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Then through a crimson curtain at the rear Pearl flashed in as if blown by the mountain wind.

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Towards day a cold mountain wind set in, and the troops suffered no little from the chilly wind and wet clothing.

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Don't stop, our mountain wind helps along where the cooking is faulty!

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It seemed lonelier to him than the mile-long sweep of Heavy Tree Hill, writhing against the mountain wind and its aeolian song.

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He loved the sweet mountain wind as never before—almost as if he were to leave it all.

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