weather sheet

1. 1.

   (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

   Synonymssheettackmainsheetshroud

   Broaderline

   Narrowerfuttock shroud

   Part ofship

   seafaring

Questions about weather sheet

What does weather sheet mean?

weather sheet means "(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind".

What is another word for weather sheet?

Close synonyms include sheet, tack, mainsheet, shroud. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weather sheet a common word?

weather sheet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.