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

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

So the Dutch, having the weather gauge, sailed down to engage us.

From When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

I have to be kind of sharp and straight up and down in my dealin's; they'd get the weather gauge on me a dozen times a day if I wa'n't.

From Thankful's Inheritance by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby