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to windward
Idioms and Phrases
Toward an advantageous position, as in We were hoping to get to windward of the situation . This expression transfers the nautical meaning of the phrase, “move in the direction from which the wind blows,” to other kinds of undertaking. Its figurative use dates from the late 1700s.Example Sentences
“No. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.”
Team New Zealand started at the pin end with Luna Rossa above it to windward as the boats crossed the line side by side.
The boats crossed the start line evenly with Luna Rossa to windward.
Navy anchor, a symbol of the family home Bush often called his “anchor to windward.”
Mr. Bush had often called Kennebunkport his “anchor to windward,” referring to an anchor dropped in a storm to keep a ship from wrecking.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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