east by south
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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We left camp at 6.40 this morning and came in an east by south half south direction.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
To the mind of Joshua Starr, who survived the other members of his family, it was plain that if a proper grave should face east, it should face the east, and not east by south.
From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph
The wind became more southerly, but we held our course the same as before, or east by south.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Shielded from the wind by the high shore, the dory sped on east by south.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Tolman, Albert Walter
On Monday, the 20th, the steamer was running with square yards, at the rate of eight or nine knots an hour, steering about east by south, under double-reefed topsails and reefed foresail.
From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by Gilly, William O. S.
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