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

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)

Time occupied in preparation for battle, or in manoeuvring for the "weather gauge," is seldom wasted; but it involves the risk of a weak-kneed executive yielding to popular clamour.

From Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

The British manoeuvred to get the weather gauge; Villaret-Joyeuse to keep it.

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest

A very interesting invention of a scientific instrument of some precision by Leonardo was what may be called a weather gauge.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.