east by south

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point south of due east

   SynonymsEbS

   Broadercompass point

Questions about east by south

What does east by south mean?

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

What is another word for east by south?

Close synonyms include EbS. 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 south a common word?

east by south 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.