What is "to leeward"

Usage examples of "to leeward".

The stranger would swing round to run parallel, keeping the Phalarope down to leeward.

An empty bottle cast into the water lies to leeward without motion.

The ball of fire, half white, half azure-colored, about the size of a ten-inch bombshell, moved along, turning with prodigious rapidity to leeward of the storm.

But now, with the unknowns closing from almost dead to leeward, the trap seemed to have closed.

Even westward, to leeward, there was a gap visible through the clouds, and the Spanish sun was trying to break through.

Indeed, we were nearer than we thought, for she had continued to hug the wind, and was so weatherly, that she was not more than a mile to leeward of us when we rounded to the wind again.

It was blowing hard from the north-north-east with ice-crystals driving thick and hard: I laid aloft to help close-reef the maintopsail, and a devil of a time we had with it, the blunt perpetually blowing out to leeward, one of the lines having parted - I was on the windward yardarm.

The main and forward pumps, turning steadily, were flinging two fine thick jets to leeward: the Worcester usually pumped ship for at least an hour a day even in calm weather and all hands were thoroughly used to the exercise.

Addington, a flash, nasty ship: Bombay Castle, somewhat to leeward her bosun and Old Reliable were still at work on the breechings of her guns.