"lee gauge" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lee-gage",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lee gage",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lee gauge (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "weather gauge"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, page 6:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              149,
              158
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1896, J.K. Laughton, “The study of naval history”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard, page 804:",
          "text": "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 by being to windward of the enemy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery."
      ],
      "id": "en-lee_gauge-en-noun-lf0icEK4",
      "links": [
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "sailing vessel",
          "sailing vessel"
        ],
        [
          "leeward",
          "leeward"
        ],
        [
          "manoeuvrability",
          "manoeuvrability"
        ],
        [
          "gunnery",
          "gunnery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, naval) The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "naval",
        "navy",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Weather gage"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lee gauge"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lee-gage",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lee gage",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lee gauge (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "weather gauge"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, page 6:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              149,
              158
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1896, J.K. Laughton, “The study of naval history”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard, page 804:",
          "text": "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 by being to windward of the enemy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "sailing vessel",
          "sailing vessel"
        ],
        [
          "leeward",
          "leeward"
        ],
        [
          "manoeuvrability",
          "manoeuvrability"
        ],
        [
          "gunnery",
          "gunnery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, naval) The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "naval",
        "navy",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Weather gage"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lee gauge"
}