Definition of "sou'west" []

• To, toward, or in the southwest (adverb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And then came another sou'west gale that tore our f ore-topsail and brand new spencer out of the belt-ropes and swept us away to a conjectured longitude east of Staten"
• ""Course sou'west by south, sir," said Prowse, breathlessly returning."
• ""Course is sou'west by west, half west, sir," he said."