windswept

adj

Etymology: From wind + swept.

1. Exposed to the winds.

   “We struggled over the windswept moorland.”

   “A noteworthy engineering feature on this line was the Owencarrow Viaduct, situated in one of the most windswept portions of the line. On January 30, 1925, a train was blown off the viaduct during a gale, and thereafter trains were prohibited from crossing when the wind exceeded a certain velocity.”