weather bow
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (nautical) The bow of a ship that is turned towards the wind.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 126:
- The schooner was then within two miles, and in another hour came dashing by close to us in a noble style, and hove to upon our weather bow […] .
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 126: