1) Autonomy 2) Bargaining need 3) Breathing room 4) Breathing space 5) Crossover thrash group 6) Degree of freedom 7) Drift 8) Elbow room 9) Elbowroom 10) Extra margin 11) Exclusively Saxon word 12) Exclusively Anglo word 13) Freedom 14) Latitude 15) Liberty 16) Licence for river approach 17) Licence for river journey 1) Berth 2) Elbowroom 3) Headroom 4) Latitude 5) Option 6) Play 7) Room 8) Space 9) Wiggle room 
The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind. See also weatherly.
The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind. See also weatherly.
Leeway is the amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object’s forward motion. The National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual defines leeway as `the movement of a search object t....
• (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
The sideways movement of a boat.
The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or currentwhen the dingy drifts sideways
Lee'way` (lē'wā`) noun (Nautical) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift. 
To drift from course in the direction of the wind. 
The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind. See also weatherly.
[n] - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
noun (of a ship or plane) sideways drift