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
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
The deck was like the wall of a house, and, when I saw the foaming sea rising up on the leeside as high as the hatches, I felt sure she was turning bottom up.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
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
