alee : Idioms & Phrases
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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 alee ∨ hard 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.