weather ship

English

weather ship (plural weather ships)

A ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data.
(age of sail) A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare.
- 1832, Francis Lieber (ed), A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, vol. 9, p. 178, Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1832.
  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.

单词	weather ship
释义	weather ship English Noun weather ship (plural weather ships) A ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data. (age of sail) A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare. 1832, Francis Lieber (ed), A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, vol. 9, p. 178, Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1832. 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.
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