weatherliness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (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

WordNet

Weath"er*li*ness noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) The quality of being weatherly.

Webster 1913