well-found
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of well-found
1300–50 for earlier sense “welcome”; Middle English
Example Sentences
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A 24-hour security staff provides peace of mind, just part of the care and maintenance support that typifies a well-found small town.
From Time Magazine Archive
You can cruise and/or fish in a standard, well-found boat that will cost you about $155,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time he had put in a year's work rebuilding the Spray into a staunch, well-found craft, he was ready to put to sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
These particles are rather feeble, so they should not do much damage to a well-found spaceship or its crew.
From Time Magazine Archive
An off-shore well-known anchorage, where ships may await orders, as St. Helen's at Portsmouth, Cowes, Leith, Basque Roads, Saugor, and others, where a well-found vessel may ride out a gale.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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