Sekirov Dictionary

leeward

UK /ˈliːwəd/US /ˈliwɚd/

adjective 1
adverb 1
forms 3

adjective1

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

adverb1

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Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.
- No lady goat is safe from criminal assault, even on the Sabbath Day, when there is a genteman goat within three miles to leeward of her and nothing in the way but a fence fourteen feet high[…] — 1909

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