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 β Apr. 8, 2026
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
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
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
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
