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leeway

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leeway
sideways drift of a boat or aircraft
leeway [′lē‚wā]
(navigation)
The off-course, leeward motion of a vessel due to wind or current; may be expressed as distance, speed, or angular difference between course steered and course through the water.
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Do as you pleased, she always made more leeway than anything else, and turning round and round was the manoeuvre she was best at.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
“Ay, summat like it; it was a good half-hour by my own glass, and then there was the time lost in turning it, and some little allowance for leeway in not being over-smart about it.
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