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Weatherly   /wˈɛðərli/   Listen
Weatherly

adjective
1.
(of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled.





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"Weatherly" Quotes from Famous Books



... had ordered that no expense should be spared in her construction and outfit. She was built of steel as strong as it was possible to build a vessel of any kind; and in more than one heavy gale on the Mediterranean she had proved herself to be an unusually able and weatherly craft. ...
— Asiatic Breezes - Students on The Wing • Oliver Optic


Words linked to "Weatherly" :   sailing ship, sailing vessel, weatherliness


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