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weather ships

weather ships is the plural of weather ship.

Meaning of weather ship

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

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What is weather ships the plural of?
Weather ships is the plural of weather ship.

Words near weather ships in the dictionary

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

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