单词 | weatherliness |
释义 | weatherlinessn. Weatherly quality (of a ship). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [noun] > qualities of vessel > weatherly quality windwardnessa1618 weatherliness1883 1883 D. Kemp in Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 324 The Mosquito..carried her ballast much lower than any existing yacht. This..was a principal cause of her weatherliness. 1893 A. T. Mahan Influence Sea Power I. 223 The superior speed and weatherliness of the Spanish ships might have enabled them seriously to molest the British. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1883 |
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