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weather ship en · NOUN
Meanings
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A ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data.
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(qualifier:Age of Sail) A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare.
If the weather ship be of inferior force, it enables her to keep out of action much longer, and, though a poorer sailer, she may do so until the intervention of night increases the chances of escape.
1832, Francis Lieber, editor, A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, volume 9, Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, page 178:
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Synonyms
ocean station vessel