north by east

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north

   SynonymsNbE

   Broadercompass point

Questions about north by east

What does north by east mean?

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

What is another word for north by east?

Close synonyms include NbE. 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 north by east a common word?

north by east 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.