weather-vane

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weather-vane. Swivelling vane, often combined with crossed rods to show the compass points, and frequently in the form of a cock, hence weather-cock.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

vane

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vane. Banner-shaped plate of metal, or a weather-cock or -vane, placed on a pivot on a high part of a building, to point towards the direction from which the wind comes.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

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