Spindrift

Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift)^[1] is the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea.^[2] In Greek and Roman mythology, Leucothea was the goddess of spindrift.^[3]

^ Shorter Oxford English dictionary. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 978-0199206872.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ See footnote 117 in Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, trans. James Grieve (New York: Penguin Books, 2002).

[SOED-1] Shorter Oxford English dictionary. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 978-0199206872.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] See footnote 117 in Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, trans. James Grieve (New York: Penguin Books, 2002).

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