weather gauge
Example Sentences
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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
You see, we had the weather gauge of her, captain, and the brigantine is both fast and handy.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
If we can get through the line we'll have the weather gauge of them.
From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
My weather gauge says it's eighty-eight degrees below freezo.
From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy
They did not, however, advance directly towards them, but bore up closely into the wind until they had gained the weather gauge of the enemy.
From When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
