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Leeward

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Dominica

4, c. 57; 23 & 24 Vict. c. 57; and 30 & 31 Vict. c. 91; see the Leeward Islands Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 107), which enacts provisions for the federation and general government

Bogue

To fall off from the wind to edge away to leeward said only of inferior craft

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Centerboard

in shallow water or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast

Counter brace

The brace of the fore topsail on the leeward side of a vessel

Leeway

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course drift

Trinidad and Tobago

c. 47, a West Indian Court of Appeal was created for Trinidad and Tobago, British Guiana, Barbados and Leeward and Windward Isles with power to reduce or increase jurisdiction of the Court.

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