MACKEREL SKY Definition & Meaning

mackerel sky

an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.

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First recorded in 1660–70

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from the similarity to the pattern on a mackerel's back

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The colors in her fur are like a mackerel sky.

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"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, not long wet nor not long dry," said a man in a black silk top hat to Tristran and Yvaine.

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We stay in the present moment and talk about the mackerel sky and the planes she thinks are birds.

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The lilies had died back to the ground; the bark of the crepe myrtles had all peeled away; there was a mackerel sky.

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But now they were higher and smaller, settling at last into a mackerel sky like a beach at low tide.

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