On the side exposed to the wind.
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 I'll take the windward side and you can bivouac against the fire.
9 They happened to be on the windward side, as we called it.
10 When night had fallen the captain made out a sail to windward .
11 Shortly after dawn next morning the lookout reported four vessels to windward .
12 He jerked himself around to stare to windward and ahead of us.
13 His glance was fixed to windward and his movements were strangely quick.
14 But I want to hold these agencies as an anchor to windward .
15 The boats were far out of sight, as they believed, to windward .
16 We soon discovered the cause-whaleshad been sighted, coming down from windward .
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