Sentence examples for to windward from inspiring English sources
adjective
Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
"No matter what, we need to get to windward of these things".
The latest novel, Look to Windward, focuses on a typical Culture world called Masaq'.
He has established an eyrie on an upper deck, to windward.
"We didn't hit them, but we were to windward, so we were the keep-clear boat.
An hour later it was difficult to look to windward; even, sometimes, to breathe.
Climbing to windward on the strength of a solid righty, Prada was firmly in the lead.
The early catamarans tended to have difficulty coming about when sailing to windward, but later designs overcame this.
NEKROPOLIS, by Maureen F. McHugh (Eos/HarperCollins, $25), is as tightly focused as "Look to Windward" is sprawling.
Eliot still loomed large in our pantheon, as the titles of Iain's novels Consider Phlebas and Look to Windward suggest.
Look to Windward Iain M Banks Orbit, £16.99, 357pp Buy it at BOL Space doesn't excite writers any more.
A hard luff to windward from Illbruck, an aggressive move within the racing rules, forced Assa Abloy to tack away.
