windward
/ˈwɪndwə(ɹ)d/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
On the side exposed to the wind.
adj
In a position of advantage or superiority.
Example Sentences
- "The windward boat must give way to the leeward boat."
- "the windward bedroom"
- "[…] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip themselves naked to be more derided and scorned as the more notorious Juglers and Dissemblers ."
- "We beat our way windward."
- "A vessel has the weather gage of another when she is to windward of her. A weatherly ship is one that works well to windward, making but little leeway."
- "To shield our tent from hurricane-force winds, we built a wall of snow blocks to windward, cutting the blocks with one of the catamaran's paddles."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English windward From wind + -ward.