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lee-gage

lee-gage is the alternative spelling of lee gauge.

Meaning of lee gauge

Noun

lee gauge (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery.
    • The ship, or fleet, with the lee-gage could not attack ; if it did not wish to retreat, its action was confined to the defensive, and to receiving battle on the enemy’s terms.1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, page 6
    Antonyms:
    weather gauge

Questions about lee-gage

What is lee-gage the alternative spelling of?
Lee-gage is the alternative spelling of lee gauge.

Words near lee-gage in the dictionary

  1. Lee's Summit
  2. Lee-Boot effect
  3. Lee-Boot effects
  4. Lee-Enfield
  5. Lee-Enfields
  6. lee-gage
  7. lee-ho
  8. Lee-Kesler method
  9. Lee-on-the-Solent
  10. leeangle
  11. leeangles

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