"windcuffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: windcuffers [plural]
Etymology: wind + cuffer, from cuff (“hit, slap”); compare windhover. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wind|cuffer}} wind + cuffer, {{m|en|cuff||hit, slap}} cuff (“hit, slap”), {{m|en|windhover}} windhover Head templates: {{en-noun}} windcuffer (plural windcuffers)
  1. (UK dialectal, originally Orkney, rare) The common kestrel. Tags: UK, dialectal, rare Categories (lifeform): Falconids
    Sense id: en-windcuffer-en-noun-5vSRi4gQ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Orkney English

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