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lee gauge

lee gauge noun: the position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery.

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
    • In 1694, the 40-gun ship “Scarborough” was captured off Tory Island in very much the same manner as the “Anglesea,” that is, by the enemy taking the lee gauge ; and going back still further, the printed accounts of the Four Days’ Fight, in June, 1666, all dwell on the disadvantage which we were at...1896, J.K. Laughton, “The study of naval history”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard, page 804
    Antonyms:
    weather gauge

Antonyms of lee gauge

Forms of lee gauge

alternative formlee-gage
alternative formlee gage

Questions about lee gauge

What does lee gauge mean?
Lee gauge means the position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery.
What part of speech is lee gauge?
Lee gauge is a noun.

Words near lee gauge in the dictionary

  1. lee cloth
  2. Lee County
  3. Lee Creek
  4. lee gage
  5. Lee Garden Hill
  6. lee gauge
  7. Lee Moor
  8. Lee Roy
  9. lee shore
  10. lee shores
  11. Lee Vining

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