leeward

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LEE'WARD, adjective Pertaining to the part towards which the wind blows; as a leeward ship. LEE'WARD, adverb Towards the lee, or that part towards which the wind blows; opposed to windward; as fall to leeward
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