spoondrift
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spoondrift
1760–70; spoon, variant of obsolete spoom (of a ship) to run or scud before the wind + drift
Example Sentences
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She dodged occasionally to protect her eyes from the spoondrift which slatted so sharply across the deck and 156 into the cockpit.
From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Marlowe, Amy Bell
The spoondrift, too, came straight along our deck, over the taffrail, as if it would cut our legs off; for, though we flew at a pretty good rate, it flew faster.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
The oil slick helped only a little; every few moments a wave with spoondrift flying from it would smash across the deck, volleying tons of water between rails, with a sound like thunder.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
A curtain of spoondrift hung above that awful reef and almost shut from the view of those ashore the open sea and what swam on it.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.
The spoondrift began to fly so that you could not see the moon, and the wind was enough to choke you if you faced it.
From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James
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