Windage
Pronunciation : Wind"age
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Wind air in motion.]
Definition : 1. (Gun.)
Defn: The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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