weathercock in English

noun

1

a weathervane in the form of a rooster.

ALL the city's weathervanes and banners and weathercocks held still.

verb

1

(of a boat or aircraft) tend to turn its head into the wind; gripe.

As usual, it weathercocked a little into the wind and I got some great footage of it coming down.

Use "weathercock" in a sentence

1. He looked up at the weathercock.

2. I can't make any plans with you as changeable as a weathercock.

3. Oh, you know, whirling around like a weathercock every time the wind changes.

4. All I want to do is to be a weathercock and wait for the God's prescription.

5. Directional divergence can occur when the airplane lacks directional or weathercock stability.

6. It had been going more and more slowly since diving down from the weathercock.

7. A high weathercock frequency is essential for the stability of the guidance loop.

8. On the exterior is an octagonal spire, called the Torre de Gallo, after its weathercock.

9. We have already seen that the weathercock effect due to forward flight makes the tail rotor too effective.

10. Carol looked up at the weathercock as the car drew up at her house in the cobbled square.

11. A weathercock and an artful person, he spoke a lot of beautiful words to please people.

12. 16 On the exterior is an octagonal spire, called the Torre de Gallo, after its weathercock.

13. In a wind, however, the model will only turn until the trim offset is balanced by the weathercock effect.

14. The bunch pulled out by the weathercock had left the rest of the twigs loose in their binding.

15. When a dummy was found suspended from a weathercock, an irate Benson and the local constable put their heads together and solved the mystery.