east by north

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point north of due east

   SynonymsEbN

   Broadercompass point

Questions about east by north

What does east by north mean?

east by north means "the compass point that is one point north of due east".

What is another word for east by north?

Close synonyms include EbN. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is east by north a common word?

east by north is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.