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Meanings of windward in English

Portuguese
barlavento

On the side exposed to the wind.

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        barlavento

        Away from the wind.

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              Examples for "leeward"
              Examples for "leeward"
              1
              The shores of Japan were less than 200 miles to our leeward.
              Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
              2
              The leeward end of the reef was chosen for the new ship-yard.
              The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
              3
              In half an hour she had hove-to to leeward of the wreck.
              Fred Markham in Russia; Or, The Boy Travellers in the Land of th...
              4
              The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling.
              The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
              5
              The attack from to-leeward is to be made perpendicularly in line ahead.
              Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 / Publications of the Navy Reco...
              Usage of 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
              I'll take the windward side and you can bivouac against the fire.
              The Daredevil
              9
              They happened to be on the windward side, as we called it.
              The Bark Covered House / Or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Gr...
              10
              When night had fallen the captain made out a sail to windward.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
              11
              Shortly after dawn next morning the lookout reported four vessels to windward.
              In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
              12
              He jerked himself around to stare to windward and ahead of us.
              Jim Davis
              13
              His glance was fixed to windward and his movements were strangely quick.
              The Lure of the North
              14
              But I want to hold these agencies as an anchor to windward.
              Burned Bridges
              15
              The boats were far out of sight, as they believed, to windward.
              Old Jack
              16
              We soon discovered the cause-whaleshad been sighted, coming down from windward.
              Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories / 1899
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              Translations for windward
              Portuguese
              barlavento
              Windward through the time
              Windward across language varieties
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