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weather helm

weather helm noun: a keeping of the helm somewhat aweather when a vessel shows a tendency to come into the wind while sailing.

Noun

weather helm (plural weather helms)

  1. A keeping of the helm somewhat aweather when a vessel shows a tendency to come into the wind while sailing.

Antonyms of weather helm

  • lee helm

Forms of weather helm

pluralweather helms

Questions about weather helm

What does weather helm mean?
Weather helm means a keeping of the helm somewhat aweather when a vessel shows a tendency to come into the wind while sailing.
What part of speech is weather helm?
Weather helm is a noun.
What is the plural of weather helm?
The plural of weather helm is weather helms.

Words near weather helm in the dictionary

  1. weather fronts
  2. weather gage
  3. weather gauge
  4. weather guesser
  5. weather guessers
  6. weather helm
  7. weather helms
  8. weather house
  9. weather houses
  10. weather it
  11. weather loach

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