overweather

present singular third person overweathers · participle present overweathering · participle past overweathered · past overweathered

1. obsoletetransitiveTo expose too long to the influence of harsh weather, or show the effects of such exposure.

   […]The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced by the wanton wind! How like a prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs, and ragged sails, Lean, rent and beggar'd by the wanton wind!

   c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]

1. not comparableaeronauticsFlying high enough to avoid storms and turbulence.

   This quest for greater knowledge to be utilized in connection with its aircraft of the near future is to be sought through TWA's new experimental overweather laboratory plane.

   1936, Flying Magazine, volume 19, number 6, page 35