southwester

American  

[south-wes-ter, sou-wes-ter] / ˌsaʊθˈwɛs tər, ˌsaʊˈwɛs tər /

noun

1. a wind, gale, or storm from the southwest.

2. sou'wester.

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southwester British  

/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛstə, ˌsaʊˈwɛstə /

noun

1. a strong wind or storm from the southwest

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Etymology

Origin of southwester

First recorded in 1825–35; southwest + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Beating upwind against a 20-knot southwester on the twice-around, windward-leeward course of 24 miles, Columbia was out ahead rounding the first mark, plowed on through the running sea to win by 2 min.

From Time Magazine Archive

In six days we had two stiff blows, and, in addition, one proper southwester and one rip-snorting southeaster. 

From A Collection of Stories by London, Jack

We spring out of our berths, clap on a monkey-jacket and southwester, and tumble up the ladder.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

It was a warm, damp morning and the trees shaken by the mild southwester shed their leaves around us in a golden shower; and the leaves that had fallen lay sodden on the grass borders.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

Patiently thou wilt wait till the mad southwester spend itself, saving thyself by dextrous science of defense the while; valiantly, with swift decision, wilt thou strike in, when the favoring east, the Possible, springs up.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)