leeside
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The addition of a foehn affect - a warming wind on the leeside of a mountian - meant that north-west Wales saw the highest temperatures.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
The south wind was blowing with such force that I lay down on the leeside of a bush to be sheltered from it.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker
At the summons of the boatswain, the men came aft, and stood in a body on the leeside of the quarterdeck, with their hats off, and impatience in their looks.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
The Great Dividing Range runs this way and I am on the leeside toward the sea.
From Unmanned by Stephen Oliver
Gliding back to his friends, he found them ready for a start, and after seeing all outside in a safe place well on the leeside of the rock, he again crept into the tunnel.
From Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa by Lawrence Fletcher
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