dustout

A cloud of dust or duststorm that creates conditions of inadequate visibility.

Hundreds of Kanker's troops would have to be thrown into the job of plugging the holes, a difficult task under ideal conditions, but a pig of a task in a “dustout”.

He said the dust collecting units were not operating as they should in October 1984 and there were “quite a few" dustouts. These, he claimed, would require one to vacate the basement as soon as possible by walking along the side of the walls in the dark.

A prankster who misleads others by giving false or exaggerated information.

This was a sight check, to see if he looked like some dustout or merely sounded like one.

"He is the greatest old dustout," said Lord Chiltern, disrespectfully.

Fallout; the event of small dust particles falling to the ground in sufficient quantities that they cause a problem.

The levels of activity in atmospheric fallout were determined in rain and dustout was collected on vaseline-coated sheets.

Special seals, which fit over the cutter opening when it is out of the flow, prevent dustout and sample contamination.