Definition of "east wind" []

• A wind from the east (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Flames billowed from the village and the sharp, biting east wind drove black-yellow clouds of smoke and flames toward the three tank destroyers."
• "Outside the rain drifted in drapes and an east wind was gusting, causing unknown objects to clatter past in the road and leaving the doctor anxious for the health of the roof, whose pantiles could be heard scraping against each other as they lifted and settled and moved."
• "A chill east wind was blowing, hinting of icier blasts, but the sky was clear and the morning sun just above the ridge, bright, in contrast to the somber mood."