Crossword clues for windburn
Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) an irritation of the skin caused by exposure to the wind
WordNet
n. redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind
Wikipedia
Windburn is a condition whereby a sunburn obtained in cool or cloudy conditions is incorrectly attributed to the effects of the wind rather than the sun. The main reason for this is that in cool or cloudy conditions many people are unaware that they are still vulnerable to the burning effects of the sun's UV radiation, so fail to take precautionary sun protection measures. This increases their risk of sustaining a sunburn, which they may then falsely attribute to the wind.
The fact that windburn was really misattributed sunburn, rather than an actual condition in its own right, was shown as early as 1936 by English skin specialist Charles Howard White of Cambridge and American physicist William Henry Crew of New York University. Nonetheless, the accepted existence of windburn remains a popular and widely held misconception.
Usage examples of "windburn".
Next to him was a young man, tanned and windburned, dressed like the other fishermen: this must be Petar the ex-partisan.
His deeply creased, weatherworn face was splotched with pink, windburned patches.
Three had painful windburns on their rumps, where the hide was blasted bare and red, and the canvas that wrapped the packs, part of the tents, was worn through several layers on one edge.
I come closer and see Megan more clearly: pink windburnt skin, eye whites clear as ringing chimes.