Definition of leewardly in English:
leewardly
adjective ˈluːədliˈliːwədli
(of a ship) liable to drift to leeward when sailing close to the wind.
Example sentencesExamples
- Rivers demanded shallow craft, so the Orkney-man in the service built his river boats with ‘flat floors’ which made them very leewardly; but he retained the high bow and stern posts of his island fishing boats, and their two sharp ends.
- A vessel in which the loss of ground downwind is minimal is described as weatherly, as opposed to leewardly.
- Cambria was generously given the weather end of the line but as the signal was given the wind changed and made her the most leewardly boat, resulting in a poor start.
- A smaller sailing ship with the same relative proportions as a larger ship was doomed by the mathematics of the situation to be a more leewardly ship.
- I have the honour to inform you that the Honourable Company's steamer ‘Nemesis,’ under my command, was obliged to part company with the fleet, being light, and consequently very leewardly.