Definition of Leeways

1. Noun. (plural of leeway) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leeways

1. leeway [n] - See also: leeway

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeways

leesy
leet
leetle
leetman
leetmen
leets
leetspeak
leetspeek
leeward
leeward side
leeward tide
leewardly
leewards
leeway
leeway space
leeways (current term)
lefetamine
leflunomide
lefort fracture
lefse
left
left(a)
left(p)
left, right and center
left, right and centre
left-click
left-clicked
left-clicking
left-clicks
left-drag

Literary usage of Leeways

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Self-instruction in the Practice and Theory of Navigation by Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Dunraven (1900)
"... a sailing ship's Day's Work, with a lot of Courses and leeways and comparatively short Distances. ... with few Courses, no leeways, and Long Distances. ..."

2. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"... only vehicles but probably other commodities required in war are made with leeways and allowances which are necessary for production OB a large scale. ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"said Poley. "Yes! that's what he said—the werry articul words. And your poor dear mother is a-crying after you every day. . E leeways she's doin' well. ..."

4. Memories and Studies by William James (1911)
"He knows the compass, and, with all the leeways he is obliged to tack toward, he always makes some headway. A small force, if it never lets up, ..."

5. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1854)
"The nine species here enumerated are found pretty generally along our sea-border and on the lakes, estuaries, and salt leeways. I could on any evening shoot ..."

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