a. (sb.) [See PROOF a. 1 b.] Impervious to the weather.

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c. 1620.  Z. Boyd, Zion’s Flowers (1855), 16. Our Bark’s not weather proof.

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1647.  Herrick, Noble Numb., Thanksgiving to God, 4. A little house, whose humble Roof Is weather-proof.

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1665.  J. Webb, Stone-Heng (1725), 45. Some are hard and Weather Proof; some soft, and subject to Decay.

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1778.  Miss Burney, Evelina (1791), I. xvi. 66. ‘O never mind the old Beldame,’ cried the Captain; ‘she’s weather-proof, I’ll answer for her.’

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1848.  Dickens, Dombey, lix. The house stands, large and weather-proof, in the long dull street.

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1914.  Illustr. Lond. News, 3 Jan., 32/3. Weather-proof overcoats, suits, and costumes.

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  b.  sb. Weatherproof material.

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1876.  Smiles, Sc. Nat., x. 186. Nothing but the stiffest weather-proof can keep the water out.

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