1) Alee 2) Downwind
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1) Antilles chain 2) Away from the wind 3) Downwind 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Not on the windy side 7) On the safe side 8) Side to with a sailboat tilts 9) The way the wind blows 10) To the sheltered side 11) Toward the wind 12) Word of purely Anglo origin 13) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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- the direction in which the wind is blowing
- the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
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Away from the direction the wind is blowing. It's the ship's sheltered side.
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http://shipwrightjournal.blogspot.co.uk/p/glossary-of-nautical-terms.html
• (a.) 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. • (adv.) Toward the lee. • (n.) The lee side; the lee.
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The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward.
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http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/gloss.htm
Away from the direction of the wind.
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http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-terms.html
The direction to which the wind is blowing.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20645
Situated away from the wind; downwind
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22268
The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
Lee'ward (lē'wẽrd or lū'ẽrd)
adjective (Nautical) 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. --
noun The lee side; the...
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On a hull, the side away from the direction of the wind; the protected side. In the days of sailing ship warfare, you wanted your opponent in your lee (to leeward) which took his wind and gave you the advantage.
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Away from the wind. A leeward yacht is one that has another yacht between it and the wind (opposite of windward).
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http://www.mmsn.org/resources/glossary.html
Downwind side of an elevated area like a mountain. Opposite of windward.
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Leeward is a nautical expression, referring to the opposite side of the ship to that from which the wind is blowing.
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The direction away from the wind. Opposite of Windward.
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http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm
The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward.
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http://www.scale-modelers-handbook.com/nautical-terms.html
The direction toward which the prevailing wind is blowing; the direction toward which waves are travelling.
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http://www.stripers247.com/Fishing-Glossary.php
Situated away from the wind; downwind - opposite of windward.
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http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/glossary.html
In the direction that the wind is blowing towards.
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http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary101.htm
The direction toward which the prevailing wind is blowing; the direction toward which waves are travelling.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20127
adjective on the side away from the wind; `on the leeward side of the island`
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
The direction toward which the wind is blowing, which is opposite the side from which the wind blows. Opposite of windward.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21107
The direction or side of an object (building, mountain, etc.) that faces away from the wind.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21131
Away from the direction from which the wind blows.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21463
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