labberkoelte

Dutch

FWOTD – 18 June 2025

Etymology

From labberen +‎ koelte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.bərˌkul.tə/
  • Hyphenation: lab‧ber‧koel‧te

Noun

labberkoelte f (plural labberkoelten or labberkoeltes, diminutive labberkoeltje n)

  1. a very soft wind [from 17th c.]
    • 1671, Joost van den Vondel, Publius Ovidius Nazoos herscheppinge, Book II, Abraham de Wees, page 65:
      […] En 't labberkoeltje blaeſt in 't vliegende gewaet.
      […] And the very soft wind is blowing into the flying drape.
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