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leeward side

NOUN
  1. the side sheltered from the wind

How To Use leeward side In A Sentence

  • We camped on the leeward side of the mountain.
  • On the leeward side, the best beaches can be found in the southern half of the island.
  • He flails for a while, and then clambers up the leeward side of the hull.
  • Blowing up the windward slope, wind will "scour" snow off the surface, carry it over the summit, and deposit it on the leeward side. Avalanche
  • The waves great foam-streaked monsters so big that the full power approach up the leeward side was a climb that seemed to take for ever. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • Presently we reached the leeward side and came in sight of the ocean.
  • In sunnier, drier areas (often in their own micro-climates just a few miles away on the leeward side of the island) they plant succulents and even cacti.
  • The other way to take in the amazing variety of underwater sites that line the leeward side of Bonaire is by shore diving.
  • on the leeward side of the island
  • Sand grains are blown up the windward side of the heap and over the crest until the leeward side of the dune is so steep that it slumps under its own weight.
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