lee shore
Americannoun
idioms
Etymology
Origin of lee shore
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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He can make it to the lee shore, but to do so, he needs to navigate past three looming obstacles.
From Time Magazine Archive
But last week some swabbies from the Cunard liner Queen Mary drifted onto a lee shore and scuttled their pride in one of the dockside saloons of Manhattan's Twelfth Avenue.
From Time Magazine Archive
While I was sailing with all sails drawing under a half gale from the north in Chesapeake Bay, I was under a lee shore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Combine this geography with the prevailing westerly winds that sweep in from the Atlantic, and you have one long, 310-mile lee shore.
From Time Magazine Archive
“No. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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