lee

Meanings

Noun

• A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
• The side of the ship away from the wind.
• A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
• Lees; dregs.

Adjective

• Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Related

Opposite words

• stoss
• weather, windward

Origin

• From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow, from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee ("lee"), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd ("warm, cozy"), Latin caleo, Lithuanian šiltas ("warm, pleasant"), Sanskrit शरद्).