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leeward

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

lee·ward / ˈlēwərd; ˈloōərd/ • adj. & adv. on or toward the side sheltered from the wind or toward which the wind is blowing; downwind: [as adj.] the leeward side of the house [as adv.] we pitched our tents leeward of a hill. Contrasted with windward. • n. the side sheltered or away from the wind: the ship was drifting to leeward.

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leeward

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

leeward adj. & adv. on or toward the side sheltered from the wind or toward which the wind is blowing; downwind: the leeward side of the house | we pitched our tents leeward of a hill. Compare with windward.
n. the side sheltered or away from the wind: the ship was drifting to leeward.

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leeward

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

leeward (pron. loo'ard), a term meaning being situated, or having a direction, away from the wind, the opposite of windward.

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leeward

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

leeward •multi-layered •beard, weird •greybeard (US graybeard) •bluebeard • Iliad • Olympiad • myriad •period •hamadryad, jeremiad, semi-retired, underwired, undesired, unexpired, uninspired •coward, Howard, underpowered, unpowered •froward •leeward, steward •gourd, Lourdes, self-assured, uncured, uninsured, unobscured, unsecured •scabbard, tabard •halberd • starboard •unremembered • tribade • cupboard •unencumbered, unnumbered •good-natured, ill-natured •Richard • pilchard • pochard • orchard •unstructured • uncultured •standard, sub-standard •unconsidered • unhindered •unordered • Stafford • Bradford •Sandford, Sanford, Stanford •Hartford, Hertford •Bedford, Redford •Telford • Wexford • Chelmsford •Clifford • Pickford • Guildford •Linford • Mitford • Hereford •Longford • Oxford • Watford •Crawford • Salford • Rutherford •haggard, laggard •niggard • unsugared • sluggard •unmeasured • uninjured • tankard •becard • bewhiskered • unconquered •drunkard •landward • backward •Edward, headward •hellward • heavenward • leftward •northwestward, southwestward, westward •wayward •leeward, seaward •eastward, northeastward, southeastward •windward • inward • cityward •skyward • sideward • rightward •onward •forward, henceforward, shoreward, straightforward, thenceforward •awkward • northward •downward, townward •outward • southward • poleward •homeward • oceanward • Woodward •sunward • upward • frontward •rearward • afterward • earthward •halyard •lanyard, Spaniard •untenured • steelyard • vineyard •poniard •haphazard, hazard, mazzard •blizzard, gizzard, izard, lizard, vizard, wizard •buzzard

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