n.

1. The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered.
2. A margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude. See synonyms at room.

noun

Suitable opportunity to accept or allow something: elbowroom, latitude, margin, play, room, scope. See place, restraint/unrestraint.

n

Definition: room
Antonyms: constraint, restriction

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n. the sideways drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the desired course: the leeway is only about 2°.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Allowing for being blown off course by side winds
Leeway is the sideways drift of a vessel through the water caused by the wind. All boats make leeway to some degree on all courses except two: when the wind is either dead ahead or dead astern.Powerboats often make more leeway than sailboats because of their greater proportion of top-sides presented to the wind compared with the amount of hull underwater, which acts to check leeway. But the effect of leeway is mostly less on a powerboat because the sideways component is a smaller percentage of the vessel’s forward speed.To maintain a set course over the ground, you must head your boat toward the wind to offset leeway. It’s not always easy to know how much allowance to make for leeway, but there will be occasions when you can look aft in a straight line that is an extension of the boat’s centerline, and compare it with the line of the wake. A hand bearing compass will give you the difference in degrees, and

Leeway affects powerboats as well as sailboats

you can use that knowledge in any similar conditions.You can assume that a close-hauled sailboat will make between 3 and 5 degrees of leeway in a 7-knot breeze, and up to 8 degrees in a 20-knot breeze.

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IN BRIEF: The drift of a ship or plane from its course. Also: Extra time or money in addition to what might be needed.

Leave early enough so you have some leeway in case there is too much traffic on your way to the appointment.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - afdrift, det man har forsømt

idioms:

• make up leeway    indhente, rette op på

Nederlands (Dutch)
het zijwaarts van de koers afraken, speling, vrijheid van handelen, veiligheidsmarge, achterstand

Français (French)
n. - (Naut, Aviat) dérive, liberté de man¯uvre

idioms:

• make up leeway    (Naut) dériver (à la voile)
• make up the leeway    rattraper un retard

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leeweg, Abdrift, Spielraum, Rückstand

idioms:

• make up leeway    Rückstand aufholen, Versäumtes nachholen
• make up the leeway    Rückstand aufholen, Versäumtes nachholen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μτφ.) απώλεια χρόνου, ελευθερία κινήσεων, περιθώρια δράσης

idioms:

• make up leeway    καλύπτω καθυστέρηση

Italiano (Italian)
ritardo, libertà d'azione

idioms:

• make up leeway    ricuperare uno svantaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - declinação (f) (Náut.), margem (f) de segurança (coloq.), liberdade (f) de movimento

idioms:

• make up leeway    reduzir o atraso

Русский (Russian)
дрейф корабля, снос самолета, запас

idioms:

• make up leeway    выйти из затруднительного положения

Español (Spanish)
n. - atraso, atrasos, retraso, campo, libertad de acción

idioms:

• make up leeway    salir del atraso, recuperar un atraso, recuperar una posición
• make up the leeway    salir del atraso, recuperar un atraso, recuperar una posición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (sjö.) avdrift, andrum, spelrum, frist

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
风压差, 风压角, 偏航

idioms:

• make up leeway    弥补失去的时间, 挽回失去的时间

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 風壓差, 風壓角, 偏航

idioms:

• make up leeway    彌補失去的時間, 挽回失去的時間

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 풍압, 기준, 여유

idioms:

• make up leeway    진로에서 벗어난 것을 바로잡다, 악조건에서 일어서다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 風落, 余裕, 風圧, 遅れ

idioms:

• make up leeway    遅れを取り戻す, 遅れを取り返す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متأخرات عمل أو وقت ضائع, مهله, التفاوت المسموح به‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סחף המים בצדי אוניה לכיוון ההפוך להתקדמותה סחפות ספינה לכיוון הרוח, מרחב פעולה, סטייה מותרת, שולי ביטחון, עיכוב, צדידה - תנועה רוחבית של ספינה‬

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