The two-grooved rifle, when new, is particularly difficult to load, as the ball must be tight to avoid windage, and it requires some nicety in fitting and pressing the belt of the ball into the groove, in such a manner that it shall start straight upon the pressure of the loading-rod.
"Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon"
Samuel White Baker
windage of the topside structures necessary on sharpie yachts also affected speed, particularly in sailing to windward.
"The Migrations of an American Boat Type"
Howard I. Chapelle
The windage of that chunk of iron has-" "Why, Doc, I shouldn't wonder!
"Kincaid's Battery"
George W. Cable