windage

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
noun the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
noun exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)

From wind + -age.

They have evidently no balls to fit, which accounts for the badness of their firing and the little damage they did; with so much windage the balls can have had but small velocity. — Rujub, the Juggler, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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