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weatherliness

weat·her·li·ness

uncommon

noun

1.

(of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind)

  • “the Spanish ships had superior speed and weatherliness”

Origin

From weatherly + -ness.

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