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lee shore

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lee shore
n.
A shore toward which the wind blows and toward which a ship is likely to be driven.
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Surely this ship would have furled all her lower canvas and reefed her topsails if she found herself on a lee shore with the wind on her quarter.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me; and if I'm not to have my rum now I'm a poor old hulk on a lee shore, my blood'll be on you, Jim, and that doctor swab"; and he ran on again for a while with curses.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Then the nor'wester caught us and drove us on the lee shore.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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