veering wind

“That’s badly put: I feel writing the thing on the worktable should have the focus, and that awards should come like shifts in a veering wind, as gratifying surprises.”

State broadcaster YTN quoted investigation officials as saying the ship was off its usual course and had been hit by a veering wind which caused containers stacked on deck to shift.

The very elements threatened to war against the English, and a shower of rain or a veering wind might have altered the fortunes of a battle.

A veering wind made club selection difficult but Aiken doubled his overnight lead with several crucial long putts.

His foundry, on a veering wind, fouled the linens of North Boston as he cast ship gadgets, stoves, anvils, chimney backs.