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Значения термина to windward на английском

The side toward the wind.

Использование термина to windward на английском
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At daybreak saw four sail to windward; our squadron sent in chase.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
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His arm was arrested, and the grave old master pointed to windward.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
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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 ...
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The smoke from the bad cigarette drifted past their heads to windward.
The Slave of the Lamp
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When I passed to windward of the carcass, the bad smell ceased.
Six Months at the Cape
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Turn the hands up to muster, and haul the fore-sheet to windward.
The Privateersman
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How often has Paddy told you to keep to windward of it!
The Blue Lagoon
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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
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He jerked himself around to stare to windward and ahead of us.
Jim Davis
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His glance was fixed to windward and his movements were strangely quick.
The Lure of the North
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But I want to hold these agencies as an anchor to windward.
Burned Bridges
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The boats were far out of sight, as they believed, to windward.
Old Jack
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They rounded the point, and put the boat's head nearer to windward.
The Romance of the Coast
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You must expect big interests to get an anchor out to windward.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
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Again he looked to windward, carrying his glance round on every side.
In the Eastern Seas