eat to windward

English

Verb

eat to windward (third-person singular simple present eats to windward, present participle eating to windward, simple past ate to windward, past participle eaten to windward)

1. (nautical, dated, of a vessel) To keep the course when close-hauled with minimal steering.

References

• “eat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.