wind-cutter
(ˈwɪndˌkʌtə(r))
[f. wind n.1 + cutter n.1]
One who or that which cuts the wind, in various senses. † a. (See quot. 1611.) b. slang. A broad-brimmed hat. c. The lip of an organ-pipe, against which the wind strikes so as to make it sound (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875).
| 1611 Cotgr., Taille-vent, a wind-cutter; an idle, or fond swaggerer. c 1823 Surtees in Mem. (Surtees Soc.) 250 The ghost of a prebendary would be nothing without a wind⁓cutter and rose. 1886 Dowden Shelley I. i. 21 His face..surmounted by the venerable ‘wind-cutter’, or cocked-hat. |