limbat

English

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

limbat

  1. (archaic) A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Frederic Henry Fisher to this entry?)
    • 1797, Robert Heron, A Collection of Late Voyages and Travels
      The heats increase as the summer advances, and would be altogether intolerable, if a cooling wind called limbat did not arise.
    • 1807, Andrew Mackay, The Complete Navigator
      There are various other periodical winds: of these, however, that generally known by the name of limbat, which is common in the island of Cyprus, shall only be mentioned here.

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