windage
Nouns
- (n) the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
- (n) the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- (n) exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) wind exposure,
- (n) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind wind deflection,