Definition of weathertight in English:
weathertight
adjectiveˈwɛθətʌɪtˈweT͟Hərˌtīt
(of a building) sealed against rain and wind.
the house was warm and weathertight
the builders knew how to construct weathertight homes
Example sentencesExamples
- In ideal conditions, a house constructed with a timber frame can be windproof and weathertight in days and completed in six to eight weeks.
- Fiterman Hall is weathertight, with little mold.
- It's an oldish building, but it's nice, fairly weathertight, and fits my needs.
- The local authority undertook the works to the roof with insufficient regard for the importance of programming the completion of sections of the re-roofing to ensure that the roof was at all times weathertight.
- Hence, an architect's most fundamental charge is to design a weathertight building.
- Instead, that $100 million the Government is spending on the weathertight homes bureaucracy is, according to the Government, to provide a quick and speedy resolution to the problem of rotting homes.