Brewer's: A-weather

The reverse of a-lee. “A-weather” is towards the weather, or the side on which the wind strikes. “A-lee” is in the lee or shelter, and therefore opposite to the wind side; as helm a-weather.

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