Definition of "to bring by the lee" [to bring by the lee]

• To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting. (verb-transitive)
• (noun)

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