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Definition of To windward
1. Noun. The side toward the wind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of To Windward
Literary usage of To windward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"... there is no more trouble than what a simple navigation requires: but it is
something greater when you have to get from leeward to windward; ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... where his services must be wanted, a jury mainmast is fitting to the
Northumberland, under this island, to enable her to get to windward, when I shall ..."
3. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1904)
"Orders for the Newcastle to cruise to windward for twelve days. The Assembly
brought up a vote of £200 to Captain Reeves, and said that they were thinking ..."
4. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1908)
"... Maru" has been "beating to windward" this year. There has been too much leeway
at times, strong currents have opposed us, heavy squalls have struck us, ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"It took her five seconds to go off to windward; could not tell the time; ...
The propeller could not have got to windward, even if she had attempted that ..."
6. The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous by James Cook (1842)
"THE SHIPS PLY to windward TO GET ROUND IT. AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON OBSERVED. ...
THE RESOLUTION GETS to windward OF THE ISLAND. ..."
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