wind vane

He wore it about where a house wears a wind vane.

The logo is also designed to be a giant wind vane.

Wind vanes at the peaks would add a real friendly touch.

Minor repairs to the sails and the wind vane took place.

The fins were big, like the wind vanes on a blimp.

The wind vane on top of the hospital is a model of James's yacht.

She might as well have been the wind vane on the roof for all the notice she drew.

Under the human voices the wind vanes continuously sounded, click-click-click.

The structure features a combination of sundials, a water clock, and a wind vane.

A second, shorter mast carried an anemometer and wind vane.

At the apex of the roof was a wind vane resembling a rooster.

The wind vane has been the target of vandalism and sports bullet holes from an air rifle.

It was the rooster wind vane, the same one that was on the mystery drawing.

Like wind vanes in a stiff change of breeze, the brothers s'Brydion spun about.

Mechanical or "wind vane" self-steering started out as a way to keep model sail boats on course.

With the sails are trimmed correctly wind vane self-steering is very effective.

Direction of wind shown by smoke drift but not by wind vanes.

On the roof of the passenger shelter is a wind vane designed by artist Miles Pepper.

There are a variety of instruments used to measure wind direction, such as the windsock and wind vane.

As the mine drops the wind vane spins, generating the power used to arm the mine.

In addition, wind vanes perform poorly in very light winds, as the forces needed to operate them are much reduced.

Wind vanes, especially those with fanciful shapes, do not always show the real direction of a very gentle wind.

Some wind vanes show the ventilation is actually at positive pressure, creating a backwash of air when a door is opened.

"Through the wind vane and all.

Set on its metallic roof, large curiously shaped wind vanes creaked in the gusts.