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mistral|ˈmɪstrəl, mɪˈstrɑːl|
Also 7 mestrall, 8–9 maestral, maestrale.
[a. F. mistral, a. Pr. mistral:—L. magistrāl-is magistral. The literal meaning is ‘master-wind’; cf. Sp. maestral or viento maestro (Minsheu).]
A violent cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France and neighbouring districts.
1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. v. 134 Southeast is by them called Xirocque..and his opposite, which is Norwest, Mestrall. 1766Smollett Trav. France & Italy xii, The wind that blew, is called Maestral, in the Provincial dialect, and indeed is the severest that ever I felt. 1804C. B. Brown tr. Volney's View Soil U.S. 179 The mistral of Provence. 1813J. Forsyth Rem. Excurs. Italy 29 The nights are damp, close, suffocating, when not ventilated by the maëstrale. 1891A. Lang Angling Sketches 176 He reached Mentone, and there the mistral ended him. |