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Meanings of to windward in English

The side toward the wind.

Usage of to windward in English
1
At daybreak saw four sail to windward; our squadron sent in chase.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
2
His arm was arrested, and the grave old master pointed to windward.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
3
At 3 P.M. the Investigator lifted her anchor and worked to windward.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson / With the journal of her first ...
4
The smoke from the bad cigarette drifted past their heads to windward.
The Slave of the Lamp
5
When I passed to windward of the carcass, the bad smell ceased.
Six Months at the Cape
6
Turn the hands up to muster, and haul the fore-sheet to windward.
The Privateersman
7
How often has Paddy told you to keep to windward of it!
The Blue Lagoon
8
When night had fallen the captain made out a sail to windward.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
9
Shortly after dawn next morning the lookout reported four vessels to windward.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
10
He jerked himself around to stare to windward and ahead of us.
Jim Davis
11
His glance was fixed to windward and his movements were strangely quick.
The Lure of the North
12
But I want to hold these agencies as an anchor to windward.
Burned Bridges
13
The boats were far out of sight, as they believed, to windward.
Old Jack
14
They rounded the point, and put the boat's head nearer to windward.
The Romance of the Coast
15
You must expect big interests to get an anchor out to windward.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
16
Again he looked to windward, carrying his glance round on every side.
In the Eastern Seas