weather gauge
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The Esmeraldo Weather Center in Camagüey registered winds of more than 124 miles per hour before part of the weather gauge blew off.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2017
They do not fear to press her," observed the master gunner, "though they do not seek to gain the weather gauge.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
We’ll get the weather gauge on her, for she doesn’t smell sweet.”
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
For many hours the wind blew easterly, but at three in the afternoon it shifted to the south and gave the enemy the weather gauge.
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang
She had tacked several times to keep the weather gauge, which it was Captain Stanhope’s wish to obtain.
From Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston
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