[f. WIND sb.1 + GAUGE.]
I. † 1. = Weather-gage: see WEATHER sb. 8 and GAUGE sb. 5 a. Obs. rare.
1652. French Occurrences, 29 Nov.–6 Dec., 214. They were got up neer the Ness-point, ours keeping still the wind-gage.
II. 2. = ANEMOMETER 1.
1774. Phil. Trans., LXIV. 426. To which may be added, the rain-gage, wind-gage, &c.
1815. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, II. 38. The Anemometer, or Wind-Gauge.
1883. Gresley, Gloss. Coal-mining, Wind-gauge, an anemometer for testing the velocity of the wind in mines.
3. A graduated attachment to the sights of a gun, to enable allowance to be made for the effect of the wind on the projectile. Also attrib.
1862. Catal. Internat. Exhib., II. xi. 7. Small bore, ·451 rifle with wind gauge sight and movable shade.
1909. Stacpoole, Pools of Silence, iv. His telescopic sights and wind-gauges are second to none in the world.
4. ANEMOMETER 2.
1876. [see ANEMOMETER 2].
1881. W. E. Dickson, Organ-Build., ix. 121.
