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windage

/ˈwɪndɪd͡ʒ/

windage noun: drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.

Noun

windage (usually uncountable, plural windages)

  1. (usually) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
  2. (usually) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
  3. (usually) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow.
  4. (dated, usually) A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow
  5. (usually) Exposure to the wind.

Forms of windage

pluralwindages

Origin of windage

From wind + -age.

Words formed from windage

Questions about windage

What does windage mean?
Windage means drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
What part of speech is windage?
Windage is a noun.
How do you pronounce windage?
Windage is pronounced /ˈwɪndɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of windage?
The plural of windage is windages.

Words near windage in the dictionary

  1. wind-witches
  2. winda
  3. windable
  4. windac
  5. windacs
  6. windage
  7. windages
  8. windago
  9. windagoes
  10. windagos
  11. Windale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: windage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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