Obs. Also 7 climater. [app. (in Eng. or ? Fr.) f. L. climat-, F. climat CLIMATE + -URE, after temperature, etc., to express the operation or influence of ‘climate’ in its original sense of ‘distance from the equator.’]
1. ? A region; = CLIMATE 1 b.
1604. Shaks., Ham., I. i. 126 (Qo. 2). Euen the like precurse of feare [fierce] events … Haue heauen and earth together demonstrated Vnto our Climatures and countrymen.
2. Meteorological condition resulting from latitude (i.e., from climate in its earlier sense); = CLIMATE in the current sense 3.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., 97. The sultry southwinds, and blacke climater.
1796. W. Marshall, W. England, I. 12. Taking the par of years, we may fairly place West Devonshire ten days or a fortnight behind the Midland District, which lies more than two degrees of latitude … farther North. A proof that climate and climature have not an immediate connection.
1805. Luccock, Nat. Wool, 333. The climature of Northumberland affects the fleece very considerably.
1806. Forsyth, Beauties Scotl., IV. 251. Even in … the length of Loch Tay … the difference of climature, with respect to moistness, is very great.
