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the moment the wind wins and the wave finally loses its temper.
means A wave whose crest has been blown into foaming white froth, typically when strong wind churns the surface of open water.
from A plain compound of "white" and "cap" — the white "cap" of foam crowning a wave. "White" descends from Old English "hwit" (related to similar words across the Germanic family), and "cap" from Old English "cæppe," borrowed from Late Latin "cappa," a hood or covering. So the foam is literally pictured as a little white hood pulled over the wave's head — a sailor's-eye image that has been used for these wind-driven crests for a few centuries.
- wind threshold
- Forms once wind hits about 13 knots
- sailor's clock
- Their count estimates wind speed at a glance
- color trick
- Trapped air bubbles scatter all light back white
- name twins
- Also called whitehorses by British sailors
whitecaps fc — canadian mls soccer team based in vancouver, founded 2011
whitecaps waves — ncaa division i women's soccer team at university of new mexico