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 earth trembles; the hillock, on the leeside of which we are, rocks and shakes; and the air grows thick and suffocating—full of dust and saltpetre and sulphur.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various

We ran up under the leeside of the island just forty-four hours after leaving Millé, a trifle over eleven knots an hour.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

Fortunately the wind kept steady on the port beam, so that the damage to the starboard rigging could be secured without interrupting the progress of the voyage, it being on the leeside.

From Windjammers and Sea Tramps by Runciman, Walter

The wind was so favourable that the oars were little needed, save that some on the leeside kept stroke that the ships might make good weathering.

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard