All 8 Uses
whitecaps
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
(Edited)
- Though search planes generally flew at just one thousand feet, even from that height, a raft could easily be mistaken for a whitecap or a glint of light.
p. 87.1 *whitecap = a wind-blown wave with white foam at its crest
- Whitecaps slapped into the fissures, a sensation that Louie compared to having alcohol poured onto a wound.
p. 141.3whitecaps = wind-blown waves with white foam at their crest
- He had collected some two pints of water when a whitecap cracked into the raft, crested over, and slopped into the canvas, spoiling the water.
p. 142.4whitecap = a wind-blown wave with white foam at its crest
- Even when that was done, there was no way to avoid the next whitecap, because Louie couldn't see them coming.
p. 142.5
- Louie caught a few fish, once parlaying a tiny one, thrown into the raft by a whitecap, into bait that yielded a comparatively fat pilot fish.
p. 149.8
- Sometimes, a whitecap would drench the patch before it dried, and he'd have to begin again.
p. 157.9
- Again, whitecaps repeatedly washed over the raft and spoiled the patches, and everything had to be redone.
p. 158.7whitecaps = wind-blown waves with white foam at their crest
- Even when struck by whitecaps, the patches held.
p. 158.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(whitecaps) wind-blown waves with white foam at their crest
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)