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Definition of Leeward
1. Noun. The direction in which the wind is blowing.
2. Adjective. On the side away from the wind. "On the leeward side of the island"
3. Adverb. Toward the wind. "They were sailing leeward"
4. Noun. The side of something that is sheltered from the wind.
Definition of Leeward
1. a. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
Definition of Leeward
1. the direction toward which the wind is blowing [n -S]