weatherly
adjective
(of a ship or boat) making very little leeway when close-hauled.
weatherliness
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a word derived from
weatherly.
Example Sentences
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White painted and trim, she spelled speed and weatherliness in every line, and a note of admiration escaped Barry as he regarded her clean underbody from a safe distance.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle
For the moment, therefore, he contented himself with testing the respective speed and weatherliness of the two ships.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
Fortunately the schooner’s extraordinary weatherliness stood us in good stead, and enabled us to claw off, but for which we should probably have left her bones, if not our own, there.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
The result, had the wind held, would have been a trial of speed and weatherliness.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
“Small displacement, hollow lines, V-shaped sections, shallow draught and lack of beam” result in want of stability and weatherliness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
