The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Leeward

Sea Terms

(Pronounced as though spelled lu-ard.) The lee side. The opposite to windward.

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2026 Editor's Note: Windward and leeward still organize the sailor's world — and the map's: the Leeward and Windward Islands, and Hawaii's leeward coasts, are named exactly by this entry's logic. See windward and leeward. (Ed: BR 2026-07-05)

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