windward side


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Noun1.windward side - the side toward the windwindward side - the side toward the wind    
windward - the direction from which the wind is coming
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He remembered something like it in the past, a street-lamp crowned and caked upon the windward side with snow, the wind uttering its mournful hoot, himself looking on, even as now; but the cold had struck too sharply on his wits, and memory failed him as to the date and sequel of the reminiscence.
One day, after we had been paddling about for some time, I disembarked Kory-Kory, and paddled the canoe to the windward side of the lake.
On the afternoon of the third day out, Alexander was sitting well to the stern, on the windward side where the chairs were few, his rugs over him and the collar of his fur-lined coat turned up about his ears.
This is especially the case on the windward sides of the islands, which first receive and condense the moisture from the atmosphere.
6), bringing localized showers to eastern Taiwan, the windward side, and the Hengchun Penninsula.
However, by then torrential showers had drenched the windward side of Hawaii's Big Island for more than two days, unleashing severe flooding and mudslides that forced multiple road closures and damaged or destroyed a number of homes and other structures, authorities said.
More than 2 feet (60 cm) of rain had fallen in a 36-hour period by Friday morning on the Big Island's windward side, where the Weather Service reported "catastrophic flooding." More than 30 inches had already fallen in parts of the Big Island with 40 inches possible, the weather service said.
Around that time, he was in the windward side of things both in sponsorship and in form because he participated in various local and international road races under his manager.In 2009, he plunged in full marathon at the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon giving it his best run to emerge second in two hours, 11 minutes and 11 seconds.
Home Shoppe Hawaii has been in operation since 2010, predominantly servicing clients on the Windward side of Oahu.
When training a climber into trees, plant it 90cm away from the base on the windward side so shoots are blown towards the tree.