📖 Definitions of "Backwind"
noun
- 1
The flow of air so deflected
verb
- 1
To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
"If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backwind"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tailwindnoun | (nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind. |
| backwashnoun | The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath. |
| spinnakernoun | (nautical, sailing) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind. |
| windnoun | (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. |
| bottomnoun | The lowest part of anything. |
| wooldverb | (nautical) To wind a chain or rope around in order to strengthen (especially a mast or yard). |
| turn inverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give. |
| wintlenoun | A surname. |
| brace sharpverb | (nautical) to bring the yards around to make the smallest possible angle with the fore and aft line when sailing close-hauled |
| windernoun | A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth. |
| rewindedverb | (nonstandard) rewound |
| windin'verb | Pronunciation spelling of winding. |
| counterwheelnoun | (engineering) A contrate wheel. |
| reelnoun | A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound. |
| autowindverb | (photography, transitive) To wind on (the film in a camera) automatically. |
| windrownoun | A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. |
| windlenoun | An old English measure of corn, half a bushel. |
| cartwheelnoun | A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions. |
| windlassnoun | Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights |
| serveverb | (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink). |
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