windage (English, noun)
expansion: windage (usually uncountable, plural windages)
Senses:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: ballistics
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: ballistics
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow
tags: dated
uncountable
usually
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Exposure to the wind.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: windages
tags: plural