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Webster 1913 Edition

(lē′wẽrd or lū′ẽrd)

Adj.

(Naut.)

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; – opposed to

windward

;

as, a

leeward

berth; a

leeward

ship.

–

Noun.

The lee side; the lee.

–

adv.

Toward the lee.

Adj.

Pertaining to the part towards which the wind blows; as a leeward ship.

adv.

Towards the lee, or that part towards which the wind blows; opposed to windward; as fall to leeward.