Anglo-Irish. [Etymologizing perversion (after WEATHER sb.) of OE. hæferblǼte: see HEATHER-BLEAT.] The snipe.
1802. G. V. Sampson, Statist. Surv. Londonderry, 459. The weather-blate, or snipe, flying high in a calm night, is a good sign.
1890. D. A. Simmons, Words Armagh & S. Donegal (E.D.D.), Weather-blade, a snipe which utters a sound like a goat.
1908. Westm. Gaz., 29 Sept., 2/3. The black water-hen and the sad weather-bleat.
