weather bow

noun

The bow of a ship that is turned towards the wind.

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Meanings

noun
  1. nauticalThe bow of a ship that is turned towards the wind.

    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
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