tramontane.
/truh-mon-teyn, tram-uhn-teyn/US // trəˈmɒn teɪn, ˈtræm ənˌteɪn //UK // (trəˈmɒnteɪn) //
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Definitions
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
Also transmontane.
- ›being or situated beyond the mountains.
- ›beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
- ›of, relating to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
- ›foreign; barbarous.
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
- ›a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
- ›a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
Examples
One sort is that which people carry into those (Tramontane) countries.
The blue sky became overcast, and a strong tramontane, as the north wind is there called, was blowing.
The people there said they never remembered such a Tramontane (north-wind) except in December or January.
The original tower fell two centuries ago during an extra violent blow of the tramontane.
Spotswood instituted the Tramontane Order for this purpose; but it appears to have soon fallen through.
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