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weather ship

weather ship noun: a ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data.

Noun

weather ship (plural weather ships)

  1. A ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data.
  2. (Age of Sail) A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare.
    • If the weather ship be of inferior force, it enables her to keep out of action much longer, and, though a poorer sailer, she may do so until the intervention of night increases the chances of escape.1832, Francis Lieber, editor, A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, volume 9, Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, page 178

Synonyms of weather ship

Forms of weather ship

pluralweather ships

Questions about weather ship

What does weather ship mean?
Weather ship means a ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data.
What part of speech is weather ship?
Weather ship is a noun.
What is the plural of weather ship?
The plural of weather ship is weather ships.

Words near weather ship in the dictionary

  1. weather rocks
  2. weather roll
  3. weather rolls
  4. weather satellite
  5. weather satellites
  6. weather ship
  7. weather ships
  8. weather shore
  9. weather shores
  10. weather speak
  11. weather station

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