Found 1 hit - Term: weather helm, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
weather \weath"er\, a. naut.
being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as,
weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts,
weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
1913 webster
weather gauge.
a naut. the position of a ship to the windward of
another.
b fig.: a position of advantage or superiority; advantage
in position.
1913 webster
to veer, and tack, and steer a cause
against the weather gauge of laws. --hudibras.
1913 webster
weather helm naut., a tendency on the part of a sailing
vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to
put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side.
weather shore naut., the shore to the windward of a ship.
--totten.
weather tide naut., the tide which sets against the lee
side of a ship, impelling her to the windward. --mar.
dict.
1913 webster
see also:
weather gauge weather helm weather shore weather tide
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Helm, definition of term: Helm
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Weather, definition of term: Weather
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Weather Map, definition of term: Weather Map
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Weather Gauge, definition of term: Weather Gauge
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