lee

Anlam (İngilizce)

Noun

1. A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
2. The side of the ship away from the wind.
3. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
4. Calm, peace.

Adj

Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Kavramlar

boca

muhafazalı taraf

rüzgar altı

rüzgardan korunacak yer

masun

Eş anlamlılar

leeward

shelter

lee side

downwind

leeward side

hide

leeside

to leeward

lee face

abode

sheltered side

defence

protection

recourse

refuge

resort

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/liː/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw, 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”)).