northeast by east

American  

noun

Navigation, Surveying.

1. a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. NEbE

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northeast by east British  

noun

1. one point on the compass east of northeast, 56° 15′ clockwise from north

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adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

The course was set northeast by east and they began the trip to Shelter Island.

From The Adventure Club Afloat by Barbour, Ralph Henry

You're one point eight seven inches high, and off center point five three inches to the north northeast by east.

From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

We stood off on the same course, when we saw this brig,—I think steering northeast by east.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.

From north to east, eight points, are thus named: North; north by east; north-northeast; northeast by north; northeast; northeast by east; east-northeast; east by north; East.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

Fortunately the course, shifting to northeast by east, presently took them out of the swinging trough of the sea.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph