English Explanatory Dictionary

spoondrift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of spindrift.

Pronunciation

/ˈspuːndɹɪft/ /ˈspundɹɪft/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spoondrift.wav

Word forms

spoondrift spoondrifts spoon-drift

Etymology

Probably a variant of Scots spindrift. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is derived from spoon + drift (“mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water”), spoon being a variant of spoom (“to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted”), but this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary: see spindrift.

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