Leeward
Related Definitions
[n] the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
[n] the direction in which the wind is blowing
[adv] toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
[adj] on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"
Related Terms
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, rightward, seaward, side, sideling, sidelon