1. (a.) In the direction of the side toward which the wind blows (i.e. sheltered from the wind); -- opposed to windward; as, the leeward side of an island\.

2. (n.) The lee side; the lee.

3. (adv.) Toward the lee.

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