Vane
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
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Vane Translations
vane in German is Wetterfahne, Windfahne, Wetterfahne
vane in Spanish is veleta
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