Allow for sudden puffs of wind by easing the mainsheet.

A sudden puff of wind: he was no longer Thomas the cross-eyed merchant.

That it's easy to imagine a sudden puff of gas hitting the extreme outside of the atmosphere.

Before it hit, the alcohol ignited, making a sound like a sudden puff of wind.

And then, there's a sudden puff of air on the back of your neck.

Through his binoculars he began to pick out the sudden black puffs of successful intercepts.

Hardly had the cloak caught fire, when it took a sudden puff.

Pushing his hair off his forehead, he peered through a sudden puff of dust.

There was a sudden puff as the air within escaped, and then the hatchway stood open.

A wave usually triggers a broach, but it can also come from a sudden puff of wind or change in the wind's direction.