vane

Definitions

• (countable) a weather vane
• any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid
• (ornithology) the flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
• a sight on a sextant or compass
• one of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile