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Meanings of to windward in English
Synonyms
Examples for "weatherboard"
Examples for "weatherboard"
1
His weatherboard house was small and on the wrong side of modest.
2
It has a flat landscape of weatherboard homes perched on small sections.
3
There were two late-model vehicles parked out front of the weatherboard bungalow.
4
Jeanette had lived in a standalone weatherboard home on Discovery Place for 32 years.
5
Some of them had weatherboard houses but the majority of them was log houses.
1
I'll take the windward side and you can bivouac against the fire.
2
They happened to be on the windward side, as we called it.
3
Nice guy, though, over on the windward side in-whatwas the name?
4
The shack: showing the natural rocky protection on the windward side
5
The steamer approached and kept at a certain distance on the windward side.
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Springing up the shrouds on the weather side, Desmond was quickest aloft.
2
Keen walked to the weather side and tried to empty his mind.
3
Mr Laroche, put more hands on the weather side as she comes clear!'
4
One of the boats was chafing against the weather side of the ship.
5
On the weather side of the ship the boats were manned.
Usage of to windward in English
1
At daybreak saw four sail to windward; our squadron sent in chase.
2
His arm was arrested, and the grave old master pointed to windward.
3
At 3 P.M. the Investigator lifted her anchor and worked to windward.
4
The smoke from the bad cigarette drifted past their heads to windward.
5
When I passed to windward of the carcass, the bad smell ceased.
6
Turn the hands up to muster, and haul the fore-sheet to windward.
7
How often has Paddy told you to keep to windward of it!
8
When night had fallen the captain made out a sail to windward.
9
Shortly after dawn next morning the lookout reported four vessels to windward.
10
He jerked himself around to stare to windward and ahead of us.
11
His glance was fixed to windward and his movements were strangely quick.
12
But I want to hold these agencies as an anchor to windward.
13
The boats were far out of sight, as they believed, to windward.
14
They rounded the point, and put the boat's head nearer to windward.
15
You must expect big interests to get an anchor out to windward.
16
Again he looked to windward, carrying his glance round on every side.