LEE SIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lee side mean? 

• LEE SIDE (noun)
  The noun LEE SIDE has 1 sense:

1. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

  Familiarity information: LEE SIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEE SIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The side of something that is sheltered from the wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

lee; lee side; leeward

Hypernyms ("lee side" is a kind of...):

face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)

 Context examples 

I was on the lee side of the forecastle, and the mainsail, which was still drawing, concealed from me a certain portion of the after-deck.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

We strolled across the poop to the lee side.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

In reality, he was attempting to warn me to throw my ashes over the lee side.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Several men picked up the hatch-cover with its ghastly freight, carried it to the lee side, and rested it on the boats, the feet pointing overboard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)