Leeway
['liːweɪ] or ['li'we]
Definition
(n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
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Examples
- If the wires were stretched taut in the summer, there would not be sufficient leeway for the contraction which accompanies cold weather, and in winter they would snap. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The slight leeway of a century or so, a few decades may recover. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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