lew
9.9
A place protected from the wind, like behind a rock or hill
- noun
- /luː/
- Archaic
:
refugio
- They pitched their tent in a lew near the trees to shield themselves from the storm.
Examples
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The garden has a comfortable lew where we can relax away from the wind.
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After the storm, we found a lew in the valley that was perfectly calm.
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What was I thinking letting the hank moodys and the lew ashbys of the world back into my life?
Synonyms
lee
vslew
2
7.4
The area on the side of something that is protected from the wind
is the regional term used to name that sheltered area
2
6.9
The side away from the wind that is protected from it
is used regionally to mean the sheltered place rather than direction
1
5.9
The side of something protected from the wind
is a regional word for that same sheltered place
lee side
vslew
1
6.3
The side that is protected from the wind, for example behind a hill
is mainly a dialectal name for that sheltered spot
How Sheltered
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lew comes from an old English word hleow meaning 'shelter' or 'cover', and it is the same idea as lee and leeward. So a place in the lew is a spot 'protected from the wind'.