alee : Idioms & Phrases


Hard alee, or Luff alee

  • an order to put the helm to the lee side.
Webster 1913

Helm alee, Helm aweather

  • when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side.
Webster 1913

Helm hard aleehard aport, hard astarboard

  • etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.
Webster 1913

To luff round, ∨ To luff alee

  • to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.
Webster 1913