Leeward : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Leeward	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Leeward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leeward adv toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn: leeward, upwind] Antonym(s): downwind, windward adj on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island" Antonym(s): windward n the direction in which the wind is blowing [ant: windward] the side of something that is sheltered from the wind Synonym(s): lee, lee side, leeward Antonym(s): windward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leeward \Lee"ward\ (l[emac]"w[etil]rd [or] l[umac]"[etil]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.