banner cloud
nounMeteorology.
a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak.
Origin of banner cloud
1First recorded in 1905–10
- Also called cloud banner .
- Compare cap cloud (def. 1).
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How to use banner cloud in a sentence
Watch the cloud banner from the funnel of a running locomotive: you see it growing gradually less dense.
School Reading by Grades | James BaldwinWatch the cloud-banner from the funnel of a running locomotive; you see it growing gradually less dense.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book | VariousOccasionally a cloud banner streams far to the leeward of the mountain.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh TalmanSimilar is the internal composition of a cloud-banner, though the movement of its parts is more easily perceived.
The Alps | Martin Conway
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