That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
The downwind side; the direction or side towards which the wind is blowing. The lee side of a boat is sheltered from the wind by the hull of the boat; likewise, the lee of an island is sheltered from the wind. A lee shore is the one the wind blows onto or towards. To run to the lee is to sail downwind, towards the lee shore. See windward.
Side of a slope that is opposite to the direction of flow of ice, wind, or water. Opposite of stoss.
Side opposite to that from which the wind blows.
The side of a mountain protected from the wind.
The side of the barge (or other object, land island, etc.) away from the wind i.e. the sheltered side.
Shelter from the wind provided by a neighboring object, such as a land formation.
The direction away from the wind.
the area or side providing shelter against the wind
the side of a ship, promontory, or other object away from the wind; that side sheltered from the wind. It is the opposite side to windward.
the side away from the direction of the wind, also used in context to refer to a sheltered place out of the wind, as in the lee of the island.
Shorter side of the horizontal beam of the pawn cross.
Direction toward which the wind blows.
Kmoch's expression for the part of a rank divided by a Pawn having the fewer number of squares.
the direction that the wind is blowing toward. The direction sheltered from the wind.
The side of the boat away from the wind.
A famous Civil War general. Also meaning away from the wind.
The side of an object that is sheltered from the wind.
the side of a ship, or a shore location, sheltered from the wind
The direction toward which the wind is blowing. The direction sheltered from the wind.
The side of a mountain, hillside, or island that is facing away from the prevailing wind.