wheft means A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
wheft is pronounced /wɛft/.
Etymology
Possibly a blend of waft (“breeze, indicative flag”) + Middle English wef (“odour, stench”), itself likely derived from weven (“to move about”) or a variant of wayf; compare wek, variant of weyk (“weak”).
noun
- A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)