sea fret

English

Noun

sea fret (plural sea frets)

1. (British) A fog that comes from the sea.
   • 1959 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 224:

     An extraordinary combination of mist and sea fret made the rails of the Scarborough-Whitby line so greasy on January 19 that the service came virtually to a standstill; [...]

   • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:

     A sea-fret had blurred the far dunes and clouds of wood-smoke were piling up from the horizon, and as we watched, two thick, butter-coloured pillars of sunlight stepped slowly over the far, unmoving waves; sometimes even Dame Nature overdoes her effects.

   • 2007, Pat Barker, Border Crossing: A Novel:

     When, finally, he left the pub, he discovered that a sea fret had blown in across the island, and the sand dunes were half hidden in drifting veils of vapour.

   • 2016, Would I Lie to You?, season 10, episode 5, Lee Mack (actor):

     There is a thing called sea fret and it's when the mist comes off the sea; it's the water that comes off the sea. And we used to have a lot of that.

Synonyms

• haar

Anagrams

• Feaster, Teferas, afreets, fearest, feaster