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Meanings of lee side in anglès

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The side of something that is sheltered from the wind.

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Examples for "lee"
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We leaned in the lee of the chart-house and went no farther.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
2
Hope Lee was given the opportunity to allow his story to air.
News.com.au
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Calvert-Lee said: None of them really tackle the issue squarely and clearly.
The Guardian
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Governor Lee Ju-yeol, however, said this month that downside risks were increasing.
Reuters
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Lee hopes donations will increase to about 15 billion won this year.
Reuters
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The shores of Japan were less than 200 miles to our leeward.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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The leeward end of the reef was chosen for the new ship-yard.
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
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In half an hour she had hove-to to leeward of the wreck.
Fred Markham in Russia; Or, The Boy Travellers in the Land of th...
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The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling.
The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
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The attack from to-leeward is to be made perpendicularly in line ahead.
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 / Publications of the Navy Reco...
Usage of lee side in anglès
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We'll bring her round and lower the boats on the lee side.
The Firm of Girdlestone
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The island's foliage grew thick and lush inland on the lee side.
Ilse Witch
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Come on, now, and look round the lee side of this crag.
Two Years Ago, Volume II.
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At length the boat got round to the lee side of the wreck.
Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea
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The deck was wet and slippery, and inclined over towards the lee side.
Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs: A Tale of Land and Sea
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Ugogo, lying under the lee side of the Usagara hills, is comparatively sterile.
The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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None; without removing to the lee side of the island as the wind changes.
An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and No...
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A figure came out of the blackness on the lee side of the deck.
The Frozen Pirate
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Thus I flattered myself I was keeping on the lee side of the law.
The Confessions of Artemas Quibble / Being the Ingenuous and Unv...
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I did not notice that-butI was on the lee side of the house.
Whosoever Shall Offend
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Keep on the lee side of the Rock of Ages.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
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She stood on the lee side of the rock fanning herself with her hat.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
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The lee side, you see, being downwind, is more often than not completely under water.
Three ways to capsize a boat: an optimist afloat
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Here is the partition at my ear down in the deep on the lee side.
The Uncommercial Traveller
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Our exit port was on the lee side of the building from the hostile searchbeam.
Brigands of the Moon
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Officers on the lee side of the vehicle began heading over to release the evacuees.
Driving Heat
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