all-weather

English

Adjective

all-weather (not comparable)

  1. Not affected by climatic conditions; capable of normal operation regardless of precipitation, wind, sun, etc.
    an all-weather tire
    • 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
      She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
    • 1987, Steven A. Hoffmann, “Ambiguity and India's claims to the Aksai Chin”, in Central Asian Survey‎[1], volume 6, number 3, pages 33–60:
      For China the Aksai Chin serves as a necessary communications link; an all-weather road system goes through there.
    • 2024 September 4, Ben Jones, “Extreme weather: are they coping in Europe?”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 57:
      It could be argued that many of the counties struggling to run an all-weather service are the same ones already suffering from under-investment, crumbling infrastructure, congestion, and poor reliability.
  2. (figuratively) Always there when needed, reliable, dependable, loyal, faithful.
    Coordinate term: fair-weather
    an all-weather friend

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