southwest by west

American  

noun

Navigation, Surveying.

1. a point on the compass 11°15′ west of southwest. SWbW

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southwest by west British  

noun

1. one point on the compass north of southwest, 236° 15′ clockwise from north

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adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

Following the above-mentioned course he sailed to the altitude of nine and one-half degrees, whence he sailed southwest by west to fourteen degrees, where he changed his course to northwest by west.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander

The Josephine still sped on her course, southwest by west; and still the mystery of her destination remained unsolved.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver

Stern shifted his course to southwest by west, and for some minutes held it true, so that the needle hardly trembled on the compass dial.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

Other eyewitnesses depose that they observed an incandescent object of enormous proportions hurtling through the atmosphere at a terrifying velocity in a trajectory directed southwest by west.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

We sailed with easterly and east southeasterly winds, now southwest by west and now northwest by west, for about four hundred leguas.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander