Definition of Storm cone

1. Noun. A canvas cone hoisted to warn of high winds.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Storm Cone

storm
storm-beaten
storm-cloud
storm-petrel
storm-stayed
storm-tossed
storm-trooper
storm-troopers
storm cellar
storm cellars
storm center
storm centre
storm chaser
storm cloud
storm clouds
storm cone (current term)
storm doors
storm drain
storm drains
storm in a tea-kettle
storm jib
storm jibs
storm lamp
storm lantern
storm match
storm out of the blocks
storm petrel
storm petrels
storm sash

Literary usage of Storm cone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Aviation by Robert Morris Pierce (1911)
"... n. same meaning as storms card. storm-cone 'ste:zm,koon n. a cone coverd with tard canvas hoisted alone or along with a ..."

2. Bismarck by Charles Grant Robertson (1919)
"At Paris and Prague and Buda-Pesth, in Switzerland and Italy, the storm-cone was being hoisted. How long could the German princes resist the pressure from ..."

3. Bismarck by Charles Grant Robertson (1919)
"At Paris and Prague and Buda-Pesth, in Switzerland and Italy, the storm-cone was being hoisted. How long could the German princes resist the pressure from ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1904)
"I asked him. " Well, I got ready this afternoon in twelve minutes," he smiled. " I didn't see the storm-cone till half-past three. ..."

5. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas (1891)
"The storm cone has been hoisted pretty frequently at the Academy, but, if it blows a gale now and then, the atmosphere at least ..."

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