leeward
    adv 1: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn:
           leeward, upwind] [ant: downwind, windward]
    adj 1: on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of
           the island" [ant: windward]
    n 1: the direction in which the wind is blowing [ant:
         windward]
    2: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
       lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]

Leeward \Lee"ward\ (l[=e]"w[~e]rd or l[=u]"[~e]rd), a. (Naut.)
   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. -- n. The lee side; the lee.
   -- adv. Toward the lee.
   [1913 Webster]