Leeward

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leeward \Lee"ward\ (l[=e]"w[~e]rd or l[=u]"[~e]rd), a. (Naut.)
     Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side
     toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to {windward}; as, a
     leeward berth; a leeward ship. -- n. The lee side; the lee.
     -- adv. Toward the lee.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leeward
       adj : on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the
             island" [ant: {windward}]
       n 1: the direction in which the wind is blowing [ant: {windward}]
       2: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
          {lee}, {lee side}]
       adv : toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn: {upwind}]
             [ant: {windward}, {windward}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "leeward":
     alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise,
     downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward,
     landward, lateral, lee, lee sheet, lee shore, lee side, lee tack,
     leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling,
     sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise,
     skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weatherward,
     widdershins, windward