Definitions
towards the side away from the wind
Word origin
From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
Used in a sentence
“the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship”
“We lurked under lee.”
“Desiring me to take shelter in his lee.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Away from wind”3 letters
02“Sheltered side”3 letters
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