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lee shore
[lee n.1]
1. A shore that the wind blows upon.
1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 127 Themistocles..knew the enemies must of necessitie fall vpon the lee shore for harborow. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 498 Never did poor Mariners on a Lee-shore more earnestly long for the dawning Light. 1748Anson's Voy. i. x. 104 To keep clear of this lee-shore. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. v. 525 The English were so alarmingly close upon a lee shore, that one of the ships actually touched the ground.
attrib.1871Whittier Sisters 26 If in peril from swamping sea Or lee shore rocks.
†2. A shore that affords shelter from the wind.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xliii. (1663) 171 We weighed Anchor, and..put ourselves under the lee-shore of a Creek. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 96 To retire under the lee-shore, and ply our oars in a smooth water. |