the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Spray blown from the tops of waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Nautical, a showery sprinkling of sea-water or fine spray swept from the tops of the waves by the violence of the wind in a tempest, and driven along before it, covering the surface of the sea; scud. Sometimes called spindrift.
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n. spray blown up from the surface of the sea
Word Usage
"As the gale increased, the tops of the waves were shorn off by the fierce blasts, clouding the whole atmosphere with frozen spray, or what the sailors call "spoondrift," rendering it impossible to see any object a few rods distant."