Definition of "windcuffer" in English

noun

1. (UK dialectal, originally Orkney, rare) The common kestrel.

   • An auld ram alone huddled against the wind, that had swept clear the skies even of eagle, windcuffer, and goose. The scent of saltwater rode the wind over the freshwater loch, and the dry field-grasses rattled,
   • I was gorse on the track beaconing the way, I was seal in the sea, braving the swell, I was windcuffer mounting the bitter winds, I was cloud billowing higher than Hoy.