limbat
Pronunciations
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/ˈlɪmbæt/
Noun
A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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The heats increase as the summer advances, and would be altogether intolerable, if a cooling wind called limbat did not arise.
More examples (2)
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.
The intensity of the summer heat is, however, modified after a time by a cooling wind which [Giovanni] Mariti calls limbat. […] This limbat wind is said to be the cause of those fevers which attack the inhabitants, to which Europeans are even more subject.