The lee-side. (See lee.) The opposite of lee is weather, and of leeward, windward.
·adv Toward the lee. II. Leeward ·noun The lee side; the lee. III. Leeward ·adj Pertaining to, or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To drift off bodily to leeward. The movement by which a ship makes a considerable lee-way. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In reefing top-sails, the cry when the weather earing is passed. ...