way enough

• weigh enough, way 'nuff

way (“headway, speed”) + enough.

• (US) IPA^(key): /weɪ əˈnʌf/, [weɪˈnʌf], [weɪˈnʌp̚], [weɪˈnɑf]

way enough

1. (Canada, US, rowing) A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.

way enough (third-person singular simple present way enoughs, present participle way enoughing, simple past and past participle way enoughed)

1. (Canada, US, rowing) To stop rowing after a "way enough" command.

• give way

• This phrase is most often used on the water, but can be used as a "stop" signal in any rowing context in which a coxswain is directing rowers, such as loading shells onto a trailer, transporting launches, etc.
• This term is sometimes reanalyzed as wane (“to lose intensity”) + off, up, thus giving the verb forms: third-person singular simple present wanes off, wanes up, present participle waning off, waning up, simple past and past participle waned off, waned up.