Obs. [var. of FLAUGHT sb.1 (? OE. *fliht:—*flahti-z).] = FLAUGHT sb.1 a. A flake of snow. b. A violent storm (of snow). c. A turf.
1483. Cath. Angl., 135/2. A Flyghte of snawe, floccus niueus.
1685. S. Sewall, Diary, 9 Nov. (1882), I. 103. Flight of snow.
1780. in T. Hutchinson, Diary, II. 349. The trees and fields covered with snow this morning: afterwards several flights of snow.
1811. W. J. Hooker, Iceland (1813), II. 116. What rendered their walk more uncomfortable was that a flight of snow had recently fallen, the depth of which was not less than a foot and half.
1847. Halliwell, Flights, turf or peat, cut into square pieces for fuel.
