lee siden.

Brit.

/ˈliː sʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈli ˌsaɪd/

Forms: Also dialect lew side.

Etymology: lee n.¹

a. That side of any object which is turned away from the wind. Opposed to weather-side.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > side facing specific direction > sheltered side

leec1540

leewardc1550

leewards1574

lee side1577

aleeward1599

lown side1683

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1476/1 The Carrike was on the weather syde, and the Regente on the lye side [1587 lie side].

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie i. sig. B2 They flie alow by the ground..in the..lee sides of the hedges.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 340 The proa..has..her two sides very different; the side, intended to be always the lee-side, being flat.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 174 I waited under the bulwark on the lee side.

1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea 96 The weather side of all such mountains as the Andes is the wet side, and the lee side the dry.

1894 Q. Rev. Apr. 418 The valleys that lie on the ‘lew’ side of the prevailing winds.

figurative.1811 W. Scott Let. 12 Dec. (1932) III. 34 You see I keep the lee-side of prudence in my proceedings.

b. Geology. The ‘down-stream’ side of a mound of rock which has undergone erosion by a glacier.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > roche moutonnée > downstream side of

pluck side1905

lee side1920

1888 T. C. Chamberlin in 7th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1885–6 201 It clearly shows the older set by the drag-lines on their lee sides.

1920 A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. I. xiv. 374 The eroded bottom of such a valley often shows hummocky surfaces, sloping and smooth on the side from which the glacier moved (stoss~side) and with striated surfaces, but rough and cliffed on the side away from the movement (lee side).

1969 J. L. Davies Landforms Cold Climates ix. 171 The characteristic roche moutonnée presents a streamlined appearance with smoothed, more gently sloping, upstream end and sides and a steeper lee side sometimes smooth but characteristically plucked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lee side
释义	lee siden. Brit. /ˈliː sʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈli ˌsaɪd/ Forms: Also dialect lew side. Etymology: lee n.¹ a. That side of any object which is turned away from the wind. Opposed to weather-side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > side facing specific direction > sheltered side leec1540 leewardc1550 leewards1574 lee side1577 aleeward1599 lown side1683 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1476/1 The Carrike was on the weather syde, and the Regente on the lye side [1587 lie side]. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie i. sig. B2 They flie alow by the ground..in the..lee sides of the hedges. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 340 The proa..has..her two sides very different; the side, intended to be always the lee-side, being flat. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 174 I waited under the bulwark on the lee side. 1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea 96 The weather side of all such mountains as the Andes is the wet side, and the lee side the dry. 1894 Q. Rev. Apr. 418 The valleys that lie on the ‘lew’ side of the prevailing winds. figurative.1811 W. Scott Let. 12 Dec. (1932) III. 34 You see I keep the lee-side of prudence in my proceedings. b. Geology. The ‘down-stream’ side of a mound of rock which has undergone erosion by a glacier. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > roche moutonnée > downstream side of pluck side1905 lee side1920 1888 T. C. Chamberlin in 7th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1885–6 201 It clearly shows the older set by the drag-lines on their lee sides. 1920 A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. I. xiv. 374 The eroded bottom of such a valley often shows hummocky surfaces, sloping and smooth on the side from which the glacier moved (stoss~side) and with striated surfaces, but rough and cliffed on the side away from the movement (lee side). 1969 J. L. Davies Landforms Cold Climates ix. 171 The characteristic roche moutonnée presents a streamlined appearance with smoothed, more gently sloping, upstream end and sides and a steeper lee side sometimes smooth but characteristically plucked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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