a ship formerly used to collect meteorological information
weather ship in American English
noun
a ship equipped for meteorological observation
Word origin
[1945–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, ergative, fail-safe, shootout, taxi squad
Examples of 'weather ship' in a sentence
weather ship
They then converted fishing trawlers into weather ships, but they were a disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Although the weather ships were completely defenceless, they survived unharmed during their first year of operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Crucial weather observations were missing after weather ships had been withdrawn as part of financial cutbacks.