alee

[uh-lee]

adverb

Nautical.

1. upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (aweather ).

alee

/ əˈliː /

adverb

1. nautical on or towards the lee Compare aweather

   with the helm alee

Word History and Origins

Origin of alee¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See a- ¹, lee

Example Sentences

The 720 ft ship was doing 27 knots and the helm was hard alee.

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With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; Ð applied to ships in a storm.

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And we kept those fellows alee, astern, And in an awful rage.

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The flood tide making over the shoals sets in with a thrussh of broken water alee of the wreck.

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The wind tore the words from Scully's lips and scattered them far alee.

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Related Words

• ahead 
• along 
• onward 
• out