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Downwind   /daʊnwˈɪnd/   Listen
Downwind

adverb
1.
With the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing.
2.
Away from the wind.  Synonym: windward.





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"Downwind" Quotes from Famous Books



... no standing rigging and the masts revolved, the sheets could be let go when the boat was running downwind, so that the sails would swing forward. In this way the power of the rig could be reduced without the bother of reefing or furling. Sometimes, when the wind was light, tonging was performed while the boat drifted slowly downwind with sails fluttering. The tonger, standing ...
— The Migrations of an American Boat Type • Howard I. Chapelle
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Words linked to "Downwind" :   upwind, leeward


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