west-southwest

[west-south-west; Nautical west-sou-west]Navigation, Surveying

noun

a point on the compass midway between west and southwest.

adjective

coming from this point: a west-southwest wind.

directed toward this point: a west-southwest course.

adverb

toward this point: sailing west-southwest. Abbreviation: WSW

Origin of west-southwest

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Examples from the Web for west-southwest

Historical Examples of west-southwest

Uangnang, west-northwest, Cumberland Sound; west-southwest in Akudnirn.
The Central Eskimo
Franz Boas
And they showed me that I should go to it by the west-southwest, and I think so.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals
Edward Everett Hale
One of these branches rises in the west-southwest, near the headwaters of the Arkansas.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
Washington Irving
Christy had taken a course from the entrance of 253 the sound, half way between the island and Town Point, west-southwest.
Within The Enemy's Lines
Oliver Optic
At eleven, our line being well formed, Suffren made signal to keep away to west-southwest, by a movement all together.
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
A. T. Mahan

British Dictionary definitions for west-southwest

west-southwest

noun

the point on the compass or the direction midway between southwest and west, 247° 30′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

Symbol: WSW

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