Definition of simoom:

part of speech: noun

The hot suffocating wind which occurs in most countries bordering on sandy deserts, and which, laden with the minutest particles from the arid deserts, heralds its own approach by the reddish- dun colour which it gives to the atmosphere; in Turkey it is called samiel; in Egypt, khamsin; on the western coast of Africa, harmattan.

Usage examples:

• The second group excited no notice, save from Chris, who made out that his horse was with them; and while every eye was fixed on the exciting race between the favourite and the two horses which strove hard to get abreast, there was suddenly a yell of excitement, for Simoom all at once shot out from among the second lot, and going well, with her jockey using neither whip nor spur, began rapidly to near the leaders. George Manville Fenn in "King of the Castle".

• Simoom 100 to 1." Chris dashed down the paper in a rage. George Manville Fenn in "King of the Castle".