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Definition of To leeward
1. Noun. The side sheltered from the wind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of To Leeward
Literary usage of To leeward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... one of the fleet with Keppel in July, though on the 27th she had fallen so
far to leeward that she had no part in the action [see KEPPEL, AUGUSTUS, ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"His Majesty's ship Southampton was dismasted, and driven to Wreck Reef, to leeward
of Port Royal. She had Annual Register, 1781, p. ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"His Majesty's ship Southampton was dismasted, and driven to Wreck Reef, to leeward
of Port Royal. She had Annual Register, 1781, p. ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"That part where she stops in approaching the direction of the wind, is called
her coming to; and the contrary excess of the angle to leeward, is called her ..."
5. The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the by Edmund March Blunt (1822)
"It is a general rule on the coast, to make the land to windward of the port of
destination, in order to prevent fulling too far to leeward. ..."
6. Chronological History of the West Indies by Southey, Thomas (1827)
"All the plantations to leeward of the island have experienced the effects of the
hurricane. Every house, from the river ..."
7. A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises by Richard Jeffry Cleveland (1850)
"... Plan — Apprehension of my Friends — Name of the Vessel — Sail from Havre —
Disaster — Attempt to return — Fall to Leeward — Come to Anchor — Cables part ..."
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