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

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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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 Marryat, Frederick

The Great Dividing Range runs this way and I am on the leeside toward the sea.

From Unmanned by Oliver, Stephen

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