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spindrift

spin·drift [ spín drìft ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. spray from waves: spray that blows from the surface of the sea

2. driving snow or sand: blowing snow or sand

[Early 17th century. < alteration (probably after spin) of obsolete spoon "run before a sea," origin ?]
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