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west-southwest
alt. The compass bearing or compass point halfway between west and southwest, specifically 247.5°, abbreviated as WSW. n. The compass bearing or compass point halfway between west and southwest, specifically 247.5°, abbreviated as WSW.
Usage examples of "west-southwest".
There was nothing in the way with the exception of Vatu Leile, a miserable little island that persisted in poking up through the sea some twenty miles to the west-southwest-- just where I wanted to go.
I observed that as long as the wind held southwest or west-southwest great numbers of birds accompanied us, -- pintados, albatross, and blue petrels, -- but that when the wind chopped around to the north, even for an hour or two, the birds left us at once.