lea, lee

Lea or lea means a field or meadow, usually meaning a field used for hay--
He painted a picture of the lea with cows grazing.
The lea is almost ready for cutting.

Lee or lee ( rhymes with lea ) means the side of a ship that's away from the wind, or toward which the wind blows--
Should the sail be facing to lee or to windward?
The lee side of the ship was fairly dry, but the weather or windward side was drenched.
Lee also is used to mean shelter from the wind, generically--
They moored the boat in the lee of the cove.
They pitched their tent in the lee of the mountain.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"If you look to the lee side, you can see the cattle grazing on a lea on the shore."

Note--"Lee", "Leigh" ( both rhyme with lea ) are proper names ( names of particular people, things, or places )--
Did you ask Lee if he can be here tomorrow?
Did you connect with Leigh on Facebook?
Note # 2--"lees" ( leeze ) means the dregs or sediment left in the bottom of a container of wine or some other liquid--
He poured the wine carefully, to make sure the lees stayed in the bottle.
Not to be confused with "leas", the plural of "lea", meaning a field of hay--
The workers will mow the leas tomorrow.
Note # 3--"alee" ( uh lee ) is a nautical term meaning facing away from the wind, toward the direction the wind is blowing--
If you are facing "alee", the wind is at your back.
Not to be confused with "a lea", meaning a field of hay or grass-
There is a lea of ten acres behind the barn.