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leeward shore

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  • leeward — Synonyms and related words: alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, lee sheet, lee shore, lee side, lee tack, leftward, next beside,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Lee shore — The terms lee shore and weather or windward shore are nautical terms used to describe a stretch of shoreline. These terms are defined from the point of view of a boat near the shore, so a lee shore is one found to the leeward side of the boat,… …   Wikipedia

  • Windward and leeward — Example image showing definitions of windward (upwind) and leeward (downwind). Windward is the direction upwind from the point of reference. Leeward is the direction downwind from the point of reference. The side of a ship that is towards the… …   Wikipedia

  • Lee shore — Lee Lee, a. (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster] {Lee gauge}. See {Gauge}, n. (Naut.) {Lee shore}, the shore on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lee shore — noun 1. a. : a shore lying off a ship s leeward side and constituting a severe danger in storm a dangerous lee shore F.D.Ommanney b. : a source of peril or cause of ruin dramatizes our present course as a drift toward the lee shore of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lee shore — noun Date: circa 1580 a shore lying off a ship s leeward side and constituting a severe danger in storm …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lee shore — noun a shore lying on the leeward side of a ship (and on to which the ship could be blown) …   English new terms dictionary

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  • lee|ward — «LEE wuhrd; Nautical LOO uhrd», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj., adv. 1. on the side away from the wind; lee: »We stood leeward of the wind on the sheltered side of the house (adv.). 2. in the direction toward which the wind is blowing: »leeward… …   Useful english dictionary

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