weathertight
Americanadjective
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Origin of weathertight
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The next wave of high-performance outerwear is sleek, simple, stylish and admirably weathertight.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned and looked at it, studied the crude work The brush made a fair wall, not weathertight but it cut most of the wind off.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
We have kept the old place weathertight, somehow or other," he said, "and I don't think you'll miss the timber much.
From The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Good, dry walls are of little use without good roofs, and for a comfortable house the roofs should not only be watertight and weathertight, but also, if I may use the term, heat-tight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
His own boats were small and scarcely weathertight.
From The Life of Columbus by Sir Arthur Helps
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