leeward – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
leeward
adv.
on the side sheltered from the wind (Nautical)
adj.
away from the wind, sheltered from the wind (Nautical)
n.
side away from the wind (Nautical)
Windward and leeward
Windward is the direction upwind (toward where the wind is coming from) from the point of reference.
Leeward is the direction downwind (or downward) from the point of reference. The side of a ship that is towards the leeward is its
lee side. If the vessel is heeling under the pressure of the wind, this will be the "lower side". During the age of sail, the term
weather was used as a synonym for
windward in some contexts, as in the
weather gage.
leeward
Noun
1. the direction in which the wind is blowing
(antonym) windward
(hypernym) direction
(hyponym) to leeward, leeward side
2. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
(synonym) lee, lee side
(hypernym) side, face
Adjective
1. on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"
(antonym) windward
(similar) downwind, lee(a)
Adverb
1. toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
(synonym) upwind
(antonym) windward, downwind
leeward
příd.jm.
v závětří; závětrný
Leeward
(n.)
The lee side; the lee.
(adv.)
Toward the lee.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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