east by south
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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At evening the wind was south-southwest, whereby we sailed or drifted east by south and south-southeast until day. 28th, Wednesday.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Long Island stretches into the sea for the most part east by south and east-southeast.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
At three o'clock she cleared the lightship and wore around to come in over the bar, steering east by south, half-south, for Point Bonita.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
It begins with the Astrolabe, extending west until Vetura is reached, and then away east by south until the centre of the range is reached.
From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James
The nose of the car swung east by south; the cold-jet rotors began humming and then the hot-jets were cut in.
From Uller Uprising by Clark, John D.
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