leeway : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leeway	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for leeway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leeway n (of a ship or plane) sideways drift a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits Synonym(s): allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leeway \Lee"way`\ (l[emac]"w[amac]`), n. (Naut.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.