south by west

noun

, Navigation, Surveying.

1. a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. : SbW

south by west

noun

1. one point on the compass west of south; 191° 15′ clockwise from north

adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

The general direction of the river is west by south, but a few miles above Seville it changes to south by west.

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"Keep her south by west," added the pilot.

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S. Petronio is situated at its southern end, and orientates south by west.

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The wind was fair and strong, so that she had made a good offing, and was now steering south by west, bearing up for the distant shores of South America.

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Diss, a town, England, Norfolk, on the slope of a hill 18 miles south by west of Norwich.

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