leeside
Example Sentences
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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
Sometimes, and more than once too often, he composed, to use his own expression, "by the leeside of a bowl of punch, which had overset every mortal in company, except the hautbois and the muse."
From Methods of Authors by Hugo Erichsen
We hurried over to the leeside of the rock, and at once embarked the two women with the infant, who seemed to be totally exhausted.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by William Henry Giles Kingston
Whenever thee gets on the leeside o’ that hedge, John, do ’ee clap on all sail for Balaswidden, where the boys are waitin’, an’ tell ’em to be ready for a call.
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Rolf Boldrewood
