Brewer's: Leeward

and Windward. Leeward is toward the lee, or that part towards which the wind blows, windward is in the opposite direction, viz. in the teeth of the wind. “Leeward,” pronounced lew-ard. (See Lee.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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