Lexicographical Neighbors of Leewardly
Literary usage of Leewardly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"... and this was done to bring the two leewardly ships into service and give way
for Major Bourne's division to come in to windward of the Dutch. ..."
2. The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with (1845)
"In two or three instances I have noticed that the most leewardly of two ships
has, by a sudden shift of wind, or, which is more deceptive, ..."
3. Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture: Being the Article by Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1841)
"... lee helm leewardly, Effect mistaken for cause. It has been said to be proved
by practice, that ships which carry lee-helms cannot be weatherly, that is, ..."
4. A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship-building: Or, An Exposition of the by Richard Worsam Meade (1869)
"... the water in such a manner that the whole of the board must be driven on* the
flat side, leewardly through the water before the vessel can make leeway. ..."
5. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1859)
"How does she stay ? . ... How does she wear? . . Is she weatherly or leewardly,
compared with other ships, in moderate weather ? ..."
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