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Meanings of lee side in English

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The side of something that is sheltered from the wind.

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      Usage of lee side in English
      1
      We'll bring her round and lower the boats on the lee side.
      The Firm of Girdlestone
      2
      The island's foliage grew thick and lush inland on the lee side.
      Ilse Witch
      3
      Come on, now, and look round the lee side of this crag.
      Two Years Ago, Volume II.
      4
      At length the boat got round to the lee side of the wreck.
      Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea
      5
      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
      6
      Ugogo, lying under the lee side of the Usagara hills, is comparatively sterile.
      The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
      7
      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...
      8
      A figure came out of the blackness on the lee side of the deck.
      The Frozen Pirate
      9
      Thus I flattered myself I was keeping on the lee side of the law.
      The Confessions of Artemas Quibble / Being the Ingenuous and Unv...
      10
      I did not notice that-butI was on the lee side of the house.
      Whosoever Shall Offend
      11
      Keep on the lee side of the Rock of Ages.
      Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
      12
      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...
      13
      The lee side, you see, being downwind, is more often than not completely under water.
      Three ways to capsize a boat: an optimist afloat
      14
      Here is the partition at my ear down in the deep on the lee side.
      The Uncommercial Traveller
      15
      Our exit port was on the lee side of the building from the hostile searchbeam.
      Brigands of the Moon
      16
      Officers on the lee side of the vehicle began heading over to release the evacuees.
      Driving Heat
      Translations for lee side
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