Definition of "lee-bow" [lee-bow]

• Nautical, to run ahead and get underneath the lee bow of: as, to lee-bow a vessel while fishing.
• Hence To take advantage of in any way: as, to lee-bow one in trade.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Ahead, and well on the lee-bow, appeared a jagged rock-point."
• "Jacobsen, superintending the operation, ordered them to throw the halyards down on deck and stand by, then went for'ard on the lee-bow and joined Griffiths."
• "-- On the 20th of November (cruising in latitude 0dg 40min S., longitude 119dg 0min W.), a shoal of whales was discovered off the lee-bow."