Nautical. The direction in which the wind is blowing. ‘Applied to anything lying to windward of a particular situation’ (Adm. Smyth). In various…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > get or keep weather gauge of (7) to have the weather of1526 Nautical. The direction in which the wind is blowing. ‘Applied to anything lying to windward of a particular situation’ (Adm. Smyth). In various… to gain, get, or take the wind of1563 Nautical in various expressions referring to the direction or position of the wind in relation to the ship: hence also allusively. get1600 transitive. To obtain (a position of superiority or advantage over another person). Cf. to get of —— at phrasal verbs 2. to give, have the wind of1600 Nautical in various expressions referring to the direction or position of the wind in relation to the ship: hence also allusively. to recover the wind of1604 to recover the wind of: to get windward of; (also figurative) to get the better of. Cf. wind, n.1 3b. Obsolete. weather-gauge1892 (see gauge, n. 5); hence as v. transitive, to keep the weather-gauge of. Subcategories:— allow to get weather gauge of (1) |
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