weather shore

English

Noun

weather shore (plural weather shores)

(nautical) A shore to weather or windward, placing the vessel in the lee of the land.
A protection, creating a relative calm.

Synonyms

(nautical: shore to windward): windward shore

Antonyms

lee shore

Translations

nautical: shore to windward

Finnish: suojainen ranta

protection creating relative calm

Finnish: tuulensuoja (fi)

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