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noun Navigation, Surveying.

a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN

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How to use east by north in a sentence

On finally leaving it, on December 30, the ships steered east-by-north for New Zealand.
Captain Cook|W.H.G. Kingston
The French fleet wore soon after, standing about north-east-by-north, on an easy bowline.
The Two Admirals|J. Fenimore Cooper
He turned east, northeast, east-by-north, like a compass on a binge.
One Purple Hope!|Henry Hasse

British Dictionary definitions for east by north

east by north

noun

one point on the compass north of east, 78° 45′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

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