limbat

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest. obsolete
    — The heats increase as the summer advances, and would be altogether intolerable, if a cooling wind called limbat did not arise.

词源

From French limbat, a rebracketing of l’imbat, from Ottoman Turkish امبات (imbat, “sea breeze”). Doublet of imbat.
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