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

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 Strang, Herbert

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 Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

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)

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

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest