It was easier than a southwester would have been, but that was the best that could be said for it.
"More Jonathan Papers"
Elisabeth Woodbridge
She knew that this meant a southwester, and began, with a certain mechanical deliberation, to set her little domain in order against the coming gale.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
Ay, and she danced at the ducal schloss;-she mounted his coach like a witch of the Alps up crags;-she was beside him pelting to the vale under a leaden southwester;-she sat solitary by the fireside in the room of the inn.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith