LEESHORE

Lee shore

Also see complementary article Windward and leeward for further clarification. The terms lee shore and windward or ward shore are nautical terms used to describe a stretch of shoreline. A lee shore is one that is to the lee side of a vessel - meaning the wind is blowing towards it. A weather shore has the wind blowing from inland over it out to sea. For example, a person standing on a shore when the wind is blowing out to sea is standing on a weather shore. If the wind is blowing into shore from the sea, the person is on a lee shore.

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lee shore

Noun

  1. a shore, towards which the wind is blowing, and to which there is the danger of being driven


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