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)
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)
