Middle English Dictionary Entry
west-sǒuth-west adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | west-sǒuth-west adv. |
| Etymology | From west adv. & sǒuth-west adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In a west-southwesterly direction; to the west-southwest; ~ and est north-est, naut. on a line or course lying west-southwest and east-northeast.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.470 : Sette hem xl foote atwene…And west southwest hem for to order best is.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)11 : It flowith west southwest and Est northest.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)15 : Yif ye be bounde westwarde, ye shall go west southwest till ye com ayenst the forne.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)21 : West south west of hym the grounde is Rede sonde and white shellis amonge.