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lee·ward

(lo͞o′ərd, lē′wərd)

adv. & adj.

On or toward the side to which the wind is blowing.

The lee side or quarter.

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leeward

(ˈliːwəd; ˈluːəd) nautical

adj

(Nautical Terms) of, in, or moving to the quarter towards which the wind blows

1. (Nautical Terms) the point or quarter towards which the wind blows

2. (Nautical Terms) the side towards the lee

adv

(Nautical Terms) towards the lee

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lee•ward

(ˈli wərd; Naut. ˈlu ərd)

adj.

1. pertaining to, in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).

2. the lee side; point or quarter toward which the wind blows.

adv.

3. toward the lee.

[1540–50]

lee′ward•ly, adv.

leeward

Facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing.

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Noun	1.	leeward - the direction in which the wind is blowing direction - the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" leeward side, to leeward - the side sheltered from the wind windward - the direction from which the wind is coming
	2.	leeward - the side of something that is sheltered from the wind lee side, lee side, face - a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" windward - the side of something that is toward the wind
Adj.	1.	leeward - on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island" windward - on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands"
Adv.	1.	leeward - toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" upwind windward, downwind - away from the wind; "they were sailing windward"

Translations

sottovento

leeward

[ˈliːwəd]

A. ADJ (Naut) → de sotavento

B. ADV → a sotavento

C. N (Naut) → sotavento m
to leeward → a sotavento (of de)

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leeward

[ˈliːwə^rd]

adj → sous le vent

adv → sous le vent

n → côté m sous le vent
to leeward → sous le vent

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leeward

adj → Lee-; leeward side → Leeseite f

adv → leewärts; the ship was anchored leeward of the island → das Schiff ankerte an der Leeseite der Insel

n → Lee(seite) f; to leeward → an der Leeseite; steer to leeward → nach der Leeseite steuern, leewärts steuern

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leeward

[ˈliːwəd] (Naut)

1. adj → sottovento inv

2. adv → sottovento
to drift leeward → scarrocciare

3. n → lato sottovento
to leeward → sottovento

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Let me only say that it fared with him as with the storm-tossed ship, that miserably drives along the leeward land.

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We at once began drifting to leeward, while they got out two pairs of oars and rowed their light craft directly into the wind.

So, when they reached the bow of the Lancashire Queen, nothing remained but to pass around and row down her port side toward the stern, which meant rowing to leeward and giving us the advantage.

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It was our duty to sail the Ghost well to leeward of the last lee boat, so that all the boats should have fair wind to run for us in case of squalls or threatening weather.

There was just the faintest wind from the westward; but it breathed its last by the time we managed to get to leeward of the last lee boat.

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And so on and so on, the ship meanwhile rushing on her way with a heavier list, a noisier splutter, a more threatening hiss of the white, almost blinding, sheet of foam to leeward. For the best of it was that Captain S- seemed constitutionally incapable of giving his officers a definite order to shorten sail; and so that extraordinarily vague row would go on till at last it dawned upon them both, in some particularly alarming gust, that it was time to do something.

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"That's what made us fetch to leeward," the captain interrupted, desiring to vindicate his seamanship.

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He knew, by the ancient telegraphy of smoke-signalling, the message was being conveyed from village to village and tribe to tribe that a labour-recruiter was on the leeward coast.

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You see, sir," he went on, "if once we dropped to leeward of the landing-place, it's hard to say where we should get ashore, besides the chance of being boarded by the gigs; whereas, the way we go the current must slacken, and then we can dodge back along the shore."

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One magnificent evening, the 30th July (that is to say, three weeks after our departure), the frigate was abreast of Cape Blanc, thirty miles to leeward of the coast of Patagonia.

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Now, the game having risen to leeward, he and the other three German boats that soon followed him, had considerably the start of the Pequod's keels.

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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.