southwest by west

American

noun

Navigation, Surveying.

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

southwest by west British

noun

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

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adjective

in, from, or towards this direction

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

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Cape Henry, the southern point of the entrance to the Chesapeake, then bore southwest by west, distant forty miles.

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All those tenders and store-ships of ours are going on southwest by west to New York to make a floating depot for us.

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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.

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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.

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