Get Free Checker

sou'-west

NOUN
  1. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

How To Use sou'-west In A Sentence

  • I turned and saw a brawny figure in a reefing-jacket and "sou'-wester. The Lady of the Ice A Novel
  • Changed a point to the s'uthard o 'sou'-west, sir," he answered, "and looks as if it would blow hard. Hudson Bay
  • He then put on an oil-skin cap, not unlike what is called by sailors a 'sou'-wester,' and stood watching the proceedings of his comrade, which were by no means as expeditious as his own; for that gentleman proceeded very leisurely to encase his feet in a pair of thick woollen stockings, and a pair of shoes more capable of resisting the wet than those which he then wore. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
View all