| 释义 |
weathermost, a. Naut.|ˈwɛðəməʊst|
[f. weather n. (8) + -most.]
Furthest to windward.
1557Towrson in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 125 The Christopher being the headmost & the weathermost man. 1622Sir R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea lix. 140 But in equitie and reason, the le-ward shippe ought euer to giue way to the weather most. 1726G. Roberts Voy. 292 Having got the Length of the Weathermost of the little Islands, I bore away afore the Wind for the Fuurno. 1761Colman Jealous Wife iii. 43 One of Them made use of small Arms, which carried off the weathermost Corner of Ned Gage's Hat. 1834Marryat P. Simple xlvi, The brig rounded up on the wind, shooting up under the sterns of the two weathermost schooners. |