·adv Toward the lee.
II. Leeward ·noun The lee side; the lee.
III. Leeward ·adj 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.
The lee-side. (See lee.) The opposite of lee is weather, and of leeward, windward. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
To drift off bodily to leeward. The movement by which a ship makes a considerable lee-way. ...
In reefing top-sails, the cry when the weather earing is passed. ...