weathertight

English

Alternative forms

• weather-tight

Etymology

weather +‎ tight

Adjective

weathertight (comparative more weathertight, superlative most weathertight)

1. Sealed against the wind and rain.

   Synonym: weatherproof

   • 1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Dr. Lewis”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC:

     In one week, my house was made weather-tight, and thoroughly cleansed from top to bottom […]

   • 1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC:

     There's a rubble-stone / Unfit for the front o’ the building, stuff to stow / In a gap behind and keep us weather-tight; / There’s porphyry for the prominent place. Good lack!

   • 1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 35:

     Their brownstone still stands, and it is still snug and weathertight.