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prettygoodwordadret (a-DRAY) - n., the sun-facing side of a mountain.
So in the northern hemisphere, the southern slope. In Chinese, this is the yang (in the sense of sunny/bright) slope, as opposed to the yin (shaded/dim) slope, and it's also applied to river-banks -- yes, as in yin-and-yang. Adret comes to us from French, from Provençal adreit, from Old Provençal adreg/adret, from a(d)-, on + dreit, good/suitable (from Latin dīrēctus, direct/straight, cognate of adoit), referring originally which side is good for vineyards.
---L.
So in the northern hemisphere, the southern slope. In Chinese, this is the yang (in the sense of sunny/bright) slope, as opposed to the yin (shaded/dim) slope, and it's also applied to river-banks -- yes, as in yin-and-yang. Adret comes to us from French, from Provençal adreit, from Old Provençal adreg/adret, from a(d)-, on + dreit, good/suitable (from Latin dīrēctus, direct/straight, cognate of adoit), referring originally which side is good for vineyards.
---L.
