sou' west
/saʊˈwɛst/
adjective
- Relating to or coming from the southwest.
- They set a sou'-west course to reach the island.
- A sou'-west gale forced the ships to take shelter.
- The sou'-west wind brought a chill from the ocean.
noun
- A wind or storm coming from the southwest.
- The old sailor knew a sou'-west was coming by the way the clouds gathered.
- A strong sou'-west pushed the small boat toward the harbor.
- We battened down the hatches when the sou'-west hit the coast.
- A waterproof hat with a wide back brim, worn especially by sailors in stormy weather.
- He pulled his sou'-west low over his eyes as the rain began.
- She hung her sou'-west on a peg to dry after the squall passed.
- Every fisherman on the dock wore a yellow sou'-west against the spray.
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