Definition of "lee"

We lurked under lee.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889,

Desiring me to take shelter in his lee.

1873, John Tyndall, “Niagara”, in Fragments of Science, published 1907, page 182

He turned into Cumberland street and, going on some paces, halted in the lee of the station wall. No-one.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […]

A thousand demons lurk within the lee.

1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Eighth. Virtue’s Apology: Or The Man of the World Answered. In which are Considered, the Love of This Life; the Ambition and Pleasure, with the Wit and Wisdom, of the World.”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, page 264

Here, after little less than a month's protracted journey over a distance, by the Chinese itinerary, of 950 lees, and by our own calculation 280 miles, from the canal, we quitted the magnificent Keang to cross the lake […]

1865, John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes, page 184