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 leeside of us lay full of flats and dangers, inevitable if the wind blew hard at south.
From Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Edward Hayes
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
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 Richard Short
The Great Dividing Range runs this way and I am on the leeside toward the sea.
From Unmanned by Stephen Oliver
