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Definition of Leeway
1. Noun. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift.
2. Noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
Generic synonyms: Disagreement, Discrepancy, Divergence, Variance
Derivative terms: Allow
Definition of Leeway
1. n. The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Definition of Leeway
1. Noun. The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction. ¹
2. Noun. A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom. ¹
3. Noun. (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leeway
1. the lateral drift of a ship [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeway
Literary usage of Leeway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: The Practical Part, Containing Rules for by H. W. Jeans (1853)
"Experience and observation, therefore, usually determine the amount of leeway to
be allowed. Rule (T). The method of correcting for leeway will be best seen ..."
2. A treatise on navigation, and nautical astronomy by Edward Riddle (1824)
"Therefore to determine the point towards which a ship is actually moving, the
leeway must be allowed from the wind, or towards the right of her apparent ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"—Edward N. Saveth & Ralph Bass, Think, July 1953 leeway As a nautical term, leeway
denotes the drift or off-course lateral movement of a vessel caused by ..."
4. The Elements of Navigation: A Short and Complete Explanation of the Standard by William James Henderson (1895)
"To find the leeway. — Experienced sailors can estimate the leeway by the angle
between the vessel's wake and her keel. A good plan, however, is to heave the ..."
5. A New Treatise on Surveying and Navigation, Theoretical and Practical: With by Horatio Nelson Robinson (1878)
"leeway. The angle included between the direction of the fore and eft line of a
ship, and that in which she moves through the Vater, is called the leeway. ..."
6. A Manual of Naval Architecture for Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1900)
"The angle made by the line CC with the keel-line AB is called the "angle of leeway."
Its magnitude depends upon the ratio of the velocity of advance, ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"Л\ e remarked above that the angle of leeway x affects the whole denominator of
the fraction which expresses the velocity. Let it be observed that the angle ..."
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