windward's Usage Examples:

ships to load had to beat to windward against the north-east monsoon to get across the China Sea.

It has a panoramic view of the windward (northeast) coast of Oʻahu.

lookout above the tunnels where there is a panoramic view of Oʻahu"s windward side with views of Kāneʻohe, Kāneʻohe Bay, and Kailua.

For instance, winds such as the föhn and chinook are rain shadow winds where air driven upslope on the windward side of a mountain range.

Like all pacific proas, they are always sailed with the outrigger to windward, they do not tack but "shunt" (reverse direction), so both ends of the.

When tacking, the new windward lift must be tightened and the new leeward lift let out.

They cover an area of in the windward lowlands and montane regions of the islands.

Punt… Not without reason, fishermen of the north-east coast swore that the forefoot took them to windward.

of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift).

23 mph) increase in Velocity made good when sailing to windward as she entered the third round robin.

Instead, when running downwind a whisker pole is used to hold the jib out to windward.

be swung to windward of a boat under sail, in order to counteract the heeling force of the sail.

The air unit maintained supervision for the windward side of Oahu.

Synonyms:

weather, upwind,

Antonyms:

outgoing, enfranchisement, leeward,