Chiefly Nautical. The sheltered side of any object; hence the side (of a ship, the land, an eminence, etc.) that is turned away from the wind…
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| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on the sheltered side (3) beneath, under the lee (of)c1540 Chiefly Nautical. The sheltered side of any object; hence the side (of a ship, the land, an eminence, etc.) that is turned away from the wind… on, upon, to (the) leeward (ofc1550 absol. or quasi-n. = lee, n.1 2a 2b In phrases on, upon, to (the) leeward (of). (to bring, fall) by the lee1597 Nautical phrases. †at lee: (a) windbound; (b) under shelter. †(to bring, fall) by the lee: to leeward; also figurative. †(to bring, lay, lie) upon t… |
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