wind'ard

English

Noun

wind'ard (uncountable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of windward.
   • 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter II, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 20:

     Expecting to be taken aback with a sharp squall we kept our eyes well to the wind'ard, for you see on this river with cannibals on the lookout and no vessels there was no chance of skulking on shore for a down-river craft.

   • 2000, Alan Villiers, chapter 2, in The Last of the Wind Ships‎^[1], unnumbered page:

     11 MAKING THE MAINSAIL FAST NEAR CAPE HORN, SWAYING ON THE FOOTROPE
     16th May 1929. "On the 29th day: 'The wind is south'ard with maddening cold from the frigid hell of Antarctica, but we go course; it is not strong, but there is a Cape Horn howl in it when she rolls to wind'ard.

   • 2006, Alan Villiers, chapter 16, in Cruise of the Conrad‎^[2], page 305:

     To wind'ard! To wind'ard! It was a long, long cry that stayed with us through many days and many nights. To wind'ard! To wind'ard!

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