southwester
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of southwester
Example Sentences
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Beating upwind against a 20-knot southwester on the twice-around, windward-leeward course of 24 miles, Columbia was out ahead rounding the first mark, plowed on through the running sea to win by 2 min.
From Time Magazine Archive
We spring out of our berths, clap on a monkey-jacket and southwester, and tumble up the ladder.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
He secured her a seat; the repentant quarantine officer supplied her with a ticket, and then, shaking hands again with his father's friend, Montjoy hurried to the southwester, which was threatening to get under way.
From Sons and Fathers by Harry Stillwell Edwards
He was like a grampus when he set his teeth, and a southwester couldn't blow harder if he chose.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams
Those who had no southwester caps made them; and several of the crew got up for themselves tarpaulin jackets and trousers, lined on the inside with flannel.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
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