Talk:windward

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Verb. The two senses given are not worded for verbs; the Dana citation used "to windward" as a prepositional phrase, not an infinitive and is now under the noun PoS. "Windwarding" may be attestable. DCDuring TALK 22:29, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

What about the noun? Does that require an RFV? Mglovesfun (talk) 22:45, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Dictionaries have it. DCDuring TALK 00:54, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, "verb" section removed. —Ruakh_TALK 02:11, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

to windward: in a position of vantage

to windward, in a position of vantage:
We got to windward of the difficulty
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/windward

--Backinstadiums (talk) 21:28, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

They must mean 'advantage. DCDuring (talk) 14:23, 14 February 2020 (UTC)