windhold

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See also: wind-hold and wind hold

English

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Etymology

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From wind +‎ hold.

Noun

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windhold (usually uncountable, plural windholds)

  1. (skiing) A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.
    With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.

References

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  • Schaad, Andrew (2011 January 2 (last accessed)) “Glossary of ski and snowboard terms”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], Skis.com, archived from the original on 6 January 2011