tramontana

• [37] We are all well, though it is much too cold for me—a horrible tramontana which would create a cough under the ribs of death, and sets me coughing a little in the morning. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II
• But we have had and are having some cold, some tramontana, and I have kept house ever since. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II
• On returning to Florence (Browning with the MS. of the greater part of his splendid fragmentary tragedy, “In a Balcony,” composed mainly while walking alone through the forest glades), Mrs. Browning found that the chill breath of the tramontana was affecting her lungs, so a move was made to Rome, for the passing of the winter (1853-4). —  Life of Robert Browning
• We make comparisons involuntarily in a case where comparisons are odious The weather is cold here during the prevalence of the tramontana: but I enjoy the brilliant skies and the delicious purity of the air, which leaves the eye free to wander over a vast extent of space. —  The Diary of an Ennuyée
• [37] We are all well, though it is much too cold for me--a horrible tramontana which would create a cough under the ribs of death, and sets me coughing a little in the morning. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II

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