down-draught

TWENTY MINUTES LATER THE NOISE OF RAIN was drowned out by the shuddering roar of the Lynx as it came to a hover overhead, sweeping the jungle floor with its down-draught.

Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

TWENTY MINUTES LATER THE NOISE OF RAIN was drowned out by the shuddering roar of the Lynx as it came to a hover overhead, sweeping the jungle floor with its down-draught.

Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

Then I go away over the rocky ground southwards, and as I stand looking round, the mist sea below is cleft in twain for a few minutes by some fierce down-draught of wind from the peak, and I get a strange, clear, sudden view right down to Ambas

Travels in West Africa 2003

At one point it was directly above the ledge on which they lay, and they were buffeted by the down-draught of the rotors.

The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

These drawbacks led to the invention of down-draught kilns.

2. Kilns 1987

A chimney for down-draught has to be tall to create a strong pull, which is required to force the heat downward especially if more chambers are added.

2. Kilns 1987

It has been developed by the Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute of India with the aim of improving fuel economy of the round down-draught kilns at Khurja (p. 51).

1. Refractories 1987

The Khurja kiln is a typical example of a coal-fired down-draught kiln of European design (fig. 2-18).

2. Kilns 1987

Fig. 2-71: 2 m³ down-draught shuttle kiln with four small pressure burners.

2. Kilns 1987

In a down-draught kiln the hot gases from the fireboxes circulate to the top of the kiln chamber, are then pulled down through the setting and leave through flue holes in the floor.

2. Kilns 1987