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Leeward

//ˈliːwəd// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
Adjective
  1. 1
    on the side away from the wind wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.

    "Some hours after midnight, the Typhoon abated so much, that through the strenuous exertions of Starbuck and Stubb—one engaged forward and the other aft—the shivered remnants of the jib and fore and main-top-sails were cut adrift from the spars, and went eddying away to leeward, like the feathers of an albatross, which sometimes are cast to the winds when that storm-tossed bird is on the wing."

Adverb
  1. 1
    away from the wind wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    the side of something that is sheltered from the wind wordnet
  2. 2
    the direction in which the wind is blowing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lee (“side away from the wind”) + -ward (“direction”).

Etymology 2

From lee (“side away from the wind”) + -ward (“direction”).

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