[f. FOG sb.2 + BANK sb.1] (See quot. 1867.) Also fig.
1659. D. Pell, Impr. Sea, 490, note. Quoth the Ship-master, It is but a fog-bank, there is no danger.
1769. Hirst, in Phil. Trans., LIX. 230. He lost sight of the sun by its being intercepted by a dark cloud, or rather fog-bank.
1819. Byron, Juan, II. xcvi.
| They knew not where nor what they were about; | |
| Some fancied they saw land, and some said ‘No!’ | |
| The frequent fog-banks gave them cause to doubt. |
1865. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), VIII. lxviii. 366. The clouds and fogbanks of Plotinus and Porphyry, of Julian and Libanius, were replaced by the enduring fabric of the doctrine of the Christian Trinity.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Fog-bank, a dense haze, presenting the appearance of a thick cloud resting upon the horizon.
