to leeward

1. 1.

   the side sheltered from the wind

   Synonymsleeward side

   Broaderleeward

Questions about to leeward

What does to leeward mean?

to leeward means "the side sheltered from the wind".

What is another word for to leeward?

Close synonyms include leeward side. 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 to leeward a common word?

to leeward 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.