wind-shaken

[ wind-shey-kuhn ]

adjective

1. affected by windshake.
2. shaken by the wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind-shaken¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

Its large flat circle acted as a screen for the wavering shadows cast by the wind-shaken oak leaves, while the piece’s own narrow shadows turned its support beams into a vibrating black-and-white drawing.

From New York Times

And around Christmas I would go up in swamp maples, which, in that part of the South, are the best mistletoe trees, especially if they are very old and wind-shaken and lightning-struck and ringed with woodpecker holes and dead at the top, and gather armfuls of mistletoe and take some of it home and some of it to school.

From The New Yorker

XX I dance: I exist in motion: A wind-shaken flower spilling my drops in the sunlight.

From Project Gutenberg

Little trails of it blew up under foot and were lost among the wind-shaken shadows.

From Project Gutenberg

March in Ireland can be a very lovely month, if you like your air rain-washed and your light wind-shaken.

From The Guardian