Lee vs Lese - What's the difference?
lee | lese |
(sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
(sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
* Morte d'Arthure
* Tyndall
(obsolete) To lose.
(obsolete) To destroy.
(obsolete) To forsake or abandon.
As a noun lee
is a protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.As a proper noun Lee
is {{surname|A=An|English topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).As a verb lese is
to lose.lee
English
Noun
(en noun)- the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
- We lurked under lee .
- Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .
