The side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind, such as with a mountain.

Direction toward which the wind blows.

Middle English le, leoh, from Old English hleo "shelter, cover, defense, protection," from Proto-Germanic *khlewaz (source also of Old Norse hle, Danish læ, Old Saxon hleo, Dutch lij "l [..]

sheltered side of a slope.

the side facing away from the wind

The side sheltered from the wind.

Under the lee of the land. Under the shelter of the cliffs which break the force of the winds. (Anglo-Saxon, hleo, a shelter.)

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That part of the hemisphere to which the wind is directed, to distinguish it from the other part which is called to windward. Leeches

The side sheltered from the wind.

Sheltered side of a ship.

Use the ship as a windbreak to produce calm area downwind of ship.

Area sheltered from the wind. Pertaining to that quarter towards which the wind is blowing.

The side sheltered from the wind.

Oh or Hard-a-Lee: The command given to come about (tack through the wind) on a sailing boat.

  An area sheltered from the wind; downwind.  

The lee side is that side of the ship sheltered from the wind; or, more generally, any object that is away from the wind. The term is also used to indicate that an object that is on that side of the s [..]

away from the direction of the wind.

The side away from the wind

The side sheltered from the wind

a shortened version of leeward. All of the area downwind of the centerline of a watercraft.

The side of a ship, or a shore location, sheltered from the wind; also used in context to refer to a sheltered place out of the wind, as in the lee of the island; The area to the leeward

the side of an object that is shielded from the wind.

Referring to the downwind, or sheltered side of an object.

The sheltered area on the downwind side of an object.

The side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind, such as with a mountain.

  The side of a mountain, hillside or island what is facing away from the prevailing wind.

The side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind, such as with a mountain.

Away from the wind; downwind. Opposite of windward.

(sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind. (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side s [..]

for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag). of Chinese origin, a variant of Li, a transcription ofand other less common names such asandof Korean origin, a va [..]

From a surname that was derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing". The surname belonged to Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), commander of the Confederate forces during the American C [..]