Leeward [adjective]
Definition of Leeward:
lee
Synonyms of Leeward:
Sentence/Example of Leeward:
In due course, these penguins also depart for the leeward side.
Frank leaped ashore and pushed the boat off, while Mayne held her by jamming the leeward oar into the mud.
The Dick being a little to leeward of our track, had four fathoms; but the least we had was five and three-quarters.
At this point he lost his balance, and went rolling to leeward like an empty cask.
The boat drove quite two miles to leeward before the tug got hold of her again.
After boring for ten hours in the worst of the tremendous sea, he saw a vessel to leeward of him, flying signals of distress.
Being to leeward, they could hear despairing cries distinctly, and four or five human beings were seen clinging to the side.
Had he not secured himself by the rope he would have fallen to leeward, and been washed overboard.
In addition, an allowance is made for pressure on the leeward girder according to a scale.
The good steamer had run thirty miles to leeward of her course, making not the smallest progress.