south by east
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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“To reach the Dreadfort, Your Grace must travel down the kingsroad past the Last River, turn south by east and cross the Lonely Hills.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
But now we had a month of onshore gales, blowing day in, day out—south winds, or south by east.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
It runs in south, or south by east, between the hills, above two miles.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert
"Lay her course south by east, cap," was his brief order to the sailing master.
From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard
We embark at Colombo for Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, steering a course south by east through the Indian Ocean for a distance of about thirty-five hundred miles.
From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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