Preposition: of

• ship: With his own vessels to windward of the remaining French ships he threw quicklime to burn his enemy and the French commander was captured.

Modifies a noun

• mark: Race 1 found local sailor Marcus Davies first at the windward mark having banged the left corner up the beat.

• side: There are 100,000 bricks in the tapered tower, the windward side of which is covered with metal sheeting to keep damp at bay.

• coast: The village of Zennor lies upon the windward coast of Cornwall.

• performance: Under sail the Moody 33 is no race winner and windward performance in a heavy sea is not good.

• course: Simple windward leeward courses were set, with plenty of opportunity for place changing.

• slope: We must, therefore, place our building on the top of the windward slope where the air speed would be the highest.