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LEE SIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lee side mean?
• LEE SIDE (noun)
The noun LEE SIDE has 1 sense:
1. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
Familiarity information: LEE SIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The side of something that is sheltered from the wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("lee side" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Context examples
I was on the lee side of the forecastle, and the mainsail, which was still drawing, concealed from me a certain portion of the after-deck.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
We strolled across the poop to the lee side.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In reality, he was attempting to warn me to throw my ashes over the lee side.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Several men picked up the hatch-cover with its ghastly freight, carried it to the lee side, and rested it on the boats, the feet pointing overboard.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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