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

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

Suddenly we rolled, down went the leeside, and I with it, but I caught hold of the lowest step of the forecastle ladder and sat fast.

From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

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

When they got on board he found her a chair on the leeside of the boat.

From The Phantom Lover by Ayres, Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred)