Round we went with the tide, until we got well under the lee of the point, when suddenly the speed slackened, we ceased to make way, and finally appeared to be in dead water.
He crawl on his belly under the lee of a stone dyke
The only hope that could rationally give us the least shadow of expectation, was, if we might happen into some bay or gulf, or the mouth of some river, where by great chance we might have run our boat in, or got under the lee of the land
We had better get under the lee of the hedge until the rain stops.
keep under the lee of land
