south by east

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point east of due south

   SynonymsSbE

   Broadercompass point

Questions about south by east

What does south by east mean?

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

What is another word for south by east?

Close synonyms include SbE. 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 south by east a common word?

south 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.