(mis′trəl, Fr. mēs·trál′) noun
1. A cold, dry, and violent northwest Alpine wind blowing from the Ebro to the Gulf of Genoa and also through the southern provinces of France.
2. A worsted dress fabric with twisted warp and weft threads woven to give a nubbed effect. [<F, lit., master wind <L magistralis <magister master]

(mēs·trál′). Frédéric Joseph Étienne,
1830–1914, Provençal poet and lexicographer.
—Gabriela,
1889–1957, Chilean poet; real name Lucila Godoy de Alcavaga.