English Explanatory Dictionary

backwind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
noun
  1. The flow of air so deflected
verb
  1. To wind backwards.

Word forms

backwind backwinds backwinding backwinded backwound

Etymology

From back + wind.

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