A-nĕm'o-scōpe, n.

n. [From Gr. ἄνεμος, wind, and σκοπεῖν, to view; Fr. anémoscope.] An instrument which shows the course or direction of the wind; a wind-vane; a weathercock;—usually applied to contrivances for bringing down the indications of a wind-vane to a dial below, for accuracy and ease of inspection.