lees

Meaning

Noun

• The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
• Plural of lee

Related

Similar words

• dregs

Origin

• Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias ("lees, dregs") (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh ("deposit, silt")), from Proto-Celtic *legyā ("layer"), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ("to lie").