leeward

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
leeward
    adv 1: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn:
           {leeward}, {upwind}] [ant: {downwind}, {windward}]
    adj 1: on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of
           the island" [ant: {windward}]
    n 1: the direction in which the wind is blowing [ant:
         {windward}]
    2: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
       {lee}, {lee side}, {leeward}] [ant: {windward}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Leeward \Lee"ward\ (l[=e]"w[~e]rd or l[=u]"[~e]rd), a. (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. -- n. The lee side; the lee.
   -- adv. Toward the lee.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "leeward":
      alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise,
      downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward,
      landward, lateral, lee, lee sheet, lee shore, lee side, lee tack,
      leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling,
      sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise,
      skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weatherward,
      widdershins, windward
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