weather shore

English

Noun

weather shore (plural weather shores)

1. (nautical) A shore to weather or windward from a vessel, offering protection from the wind.
2. Seen from land, a shore exposed to wind.

   A ship's weather shore is an island's lee shore.

3. A protection, creating a relative calm.

Synonyms

• (nautical: shore to windward): windward shore

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “nautical”): lee shore

Translations

nautical: shore to windward from a vessel

• Finnish: suojanpuoleinen ranta

shore to windward from land

• Finnish: tuulenpuoleinen ranta

protection creating relative calm

• Finnish: tuulensuoja (fi)

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