Crossword clues for weatherliness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Weatherliness \Weath"er*li*ness\, n. (Naut.) The quality of being weatherly.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) The quality of being weatherly.
WordNet
n. (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"
Usage examples of "weatherliness".
That would put us in a position to take full advantage of the schooners' weatherliness to run past them into the wind and avoid contact handily.
Thanks to her two knots superiority in speed and thanks also to her superior handiness and weatherliness the Estrella was literally making a circle round the Clorinda.
That would put us in a position to take full advantage of the schooners’ weatherliness to run past them into the wind and avoid contact handily.