Under the lee of the land. Under the shelter of the cliffs which break the force of the winds. (Anglo-Saxon, hleo, a shelter.)
Under the lee of a ship. On the side
opposite to the wind, so that the ship shelters or wards it off.
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To lay a shipby the lee, or, in modern nautical phraseology, to heave-to, is to arrange the sails of a ship so that they maylieflat against the masts and shrouds, that the wind maystrike the vessel broadside so that she will makelittle or no headway.
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