Meanings of drift to leeward in English

Further and further did they drift to leeward, notwithstanding their exertions; while the frantic mother extended her arms, imploring and entreating.

As the brig had only been drifting to leeward, they were at no great distance.

All day and night we lay thus, drifting to leeward at three knots an hour.

The thing, being larger than himself and partly out of water, was drifting to leeward faster than himself.

The centre-board was lowered to stop her drifting to leeward, although I cannot say it made much difference that ever I saw.

In the meantime, the Flyaway had luffed up; though she was nearer to Carrie than Paul's boat, she was rapidly drifting to leeward.

The spray of the fountains of the château d'eau drifts to leeward and hides at times patches of the velvety grass on the hill.

We at once began drifting to leeward, while they got out two pairs of oars and rowed their light craft directly into the wind.

This may mean a wait of anything from ten minutes to half an hour, whilst the ship swings round, falls away, and drifts to leeward.

"To see a first-class ship drift to leeward in a narrow sea with a fair wind," said Dodd bitterly.

"She has drifted to leeward more than I suspected; we must yet shake another reef out of the topsails," he observed.