Crossword clues for aweather
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aweather \A*weath"er\, adv. [Pref. a- + weather.] (Naut.)
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction
from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm
aweather!
--Totten.
Wiktionary
adv. (context nautical English) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
Usage examples of "aweather".
Came the creak of blocks and the rattle of slatting sails as they swung aweather, and Captain Blood turned and beckoned Lord Julian forward.
Hans, seizing the rudder which had flown out of his hand, puts it hard aweather in order to escape from such dangerous vicinity.
Beating out aweather, against the gentle landward breeze he beheld a great ship on their starboard bow, that he conceived to be some three or four miles off, and - as well as he could judge her at that distance - of a tonnage equal if not superior to their own.
Close-hauled they tacked aweather, guided by the sound of combat, which grew in volume and definition as they approached it.