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weather anchor

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Noun

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weather anchor (plural weather anchors)

  1. (nautical) The anchor lying to windward.
    • 1791, William Hutchinson, A Treatise Founded Upon Philosophical and Rational Principles:
      […] the weather anchor is likelier to go clear of the ship than the lee one […]
  2. (US) A television presenter who presents the weather forecast.
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