The Windward Islands

Alternative form of windward

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. / On the side exposed to the wind.

In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

The direction from which the wind blows. / The side receiving the wind's force.

The quality of being windward.

Within the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law.

The southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, composed of the island nations of Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.

A person from the Windward Islands.

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