vanes

noun

1. 1.A weather vane
2. 2.Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid
3. 3.The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
4. 4.A sight on a sextant or compass
5. 5.One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile