leeward
noun
1 leeward
The direction in which the wind is blowing.
2 leeward
The side of something that is sheltered from the wind.
Dutch: lijzij, lij, lijzijde
adjective
1 leeward
On the side away from the wind.
Polish: zawietrzny
adverb
1 leeward
Away from the wind:
— They were sailing leeward.
synonym: upwind.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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