cloud bank

cloud bank

See also: cloudbank

English

Alternative forms

• cloudbank

Noun

cloud bank (plural cloud banks)

1. A wall of clouds, rising above horizon or observed from a distance, but not overhead.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 6:

     The hills were slate under the stacks of black cloudbank.

   • 1919, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon:

     "Then he wrote: “Sunset threatening, with a low bank of clouds to N. and E. Sky clear overhead.”"

Translations

a wall of clouds observed from a distance

Catalan: nuvolada (ca) f Finnish: pilvivalli (fi) French: barre de nuages f Maori: mamaru (Referring to this phenomenon when dark in colour. ) Occitan: rampa de nivols f Russian: гряда облаков; облачная гряда f Swedish: molnbank c