WordNet
adv. to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: southwest, south-west]
Usage examples of "sou'west".
Most of those built on the Sou'west Coast amortized their investment costs in the first three years of operation.
The westerly wind still blew and bore with it today flurries of heavy rain, which hissed down on the surface of the river, roared on the tarpaulins of the wretched boat's crew, and rattled loudly on the sou'wester which Hornblower wore on his head while he sheltered his cocked hat under his boat cloak.
When, in 1957,1 first visited the Sou'west Coast, men and boys were still fishing in open, seventeen-foot dories in win ter weather of such severity that their mittens often froze to .
Pelham-Martin clung to the nettings as the ship heeled slightly and Gossett said, "Course sou'west, sir!
Half an hour more and the sail resolved itself into a topsail schooner close hauled on the starboard tack, for shortly after sunrise the wind had veered round and now blew sou'west.