sirocco

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

   “But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.”

2. isim A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.

   “In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle.”