southeast by south

American  

noun

Navigation, Surveying.

1. a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southeast. SEbS

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southeast by south British  

noun

1. one point on the compass south of southeast; 146° 15′ clockwise from north

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adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

In the meantime from the north the British Grand Fleet had been closing at utmost fleet speed on a southeast by south course.

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Once, at the wheel, when the ship was heading southeast by south half-south, he had been asked the course, and answered: "South-southeast half-east, sir."

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No man who walks with his toes pointing southwest by south, and southeast by south, when he is going south, will ever get into France on his own feet, carrying a knapsack and a rifle.

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Nevertheless in due season the Rotge left the Greenland shore and pointed her inquiring beak southeast by south.

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