Nautical. (Usually spelt gage.) The position of one vessel with reference to another and the wind. In phrase to haveor keep the weather gage of…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > weather-gauge (3) gauge1591 Nautical. (Usually spelt gage.) The position of one vessel with reference to another and the wind. In phrase to haveor keep the weather gage of… wind-gauge1652 =weather-gauge n. at weather, n. compounds 4; see also gauge, n. 5a. Obsolete. rare. weather-gauge1892 (see gauge, n. 5); hence as v. transitive, to keep the weather-gauge of. |
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