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Definition of Aweather
1. adv. On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
Definition of Aweather
1. Adverb. (nautical) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aweather
1. toward the windward side of a vessel [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aweather
Literary usage of Aweather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"The helm is said to be aweather, when the tiller is put over to the windward side
... hard aweather, when it it is put over as far as it will go. Awning. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1883)
"We reefed the fore-sail and set him and hauled nft the fore sheet; the helm was
hard aweather. ' It was a very fierce storm : the sea broke strange and ..."
3. The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth by William Walter Legge Dartmouth, William Oxenham Hewlett, Benjamin Franklin Stevens, William Page (1896)
"A« he went aweather of the Prince, she passed several shot into him and his division.
Two Dutch ships that followed Tromp endeavoured to lay the Prince on ..."
4. Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783 by Robert Beatson (1804)
"... then filled again, put his helm aweather, run on board upon her weather quarter,
... he filled, put his helm aweather, and laid the Serapis athwart ..."
5. Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain: From the Year 1727, to the by Robert Beatson (1804)
"... then filled again, put his helm aweather, run on board upon her weather quarter,
and attempted to board her: but being ..."
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