Synonyms:
leeward
Meaning: on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
leeward, upwind
Meaning: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
Usage examples
The brig, as I have already told, passed under our stern, and made its way slowly but steadily to leeward.
Happily for my nerves, a good lurch to leeward put a stop for a while to the course of her thoughts on the present distresses.
As we were almost constantly on a wind, and the breeze was not a little stiff, the ship heeled to leeward very considerably; and whenever her starboard side was to leeward, the sliding door between the cabins slid open, and so remained, nobody taking the trouble to get up and shut it.