leeward

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: lee=ward

CIDE DICTIONARY

leeward, a. 

 Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

leeward, Naut. adj., adv., & n.
--adj. & adv. on or towards the side sheltered from the wind (opp. WINDWARD).
--n. the leeward region, side, or direction (to leeward; on the leeward of).

THESAURUS

leeward

alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, lee sheet, lee shore, lee side, lee tack, leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weatherward, widdershins, windward