"wind vane" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 227, photo caption:",
          "text": "Sail-like, the oast-house towers of Horsmonden seem almost to plough the rich soil of their Kentish hopfield like graceful yachts on a gently rolling sea. And sail-like, their wind vanes turn the angled cowls with the breeze to create a vacuum inside that draws up hot air to dry the hops on their slatted floor below. This is the Garden of England, and the village is surrounded by orchards and pastures, as well as hopfields - […].",
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        "A vane turned by the wind, a weather vane."
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          "weather vane",
          "weather vane"
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