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Downwind   /daʊnwˈɪnd/   Listen
Downwind

adjective
1.
Towards the side away from the wind.  Synonym: lee.
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



... look-see for Yankees. If they got Anse, there's a slim chance we can learn of it and take steps. Leastwise, nosing a little downwind ain't goin' to do a bit of harm." He moved out of the firelight with his usual noiseless tread ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton
... sea grew and spread a line of white which swept down on us swiftly, and with a roar the squall, which came before the wall of rain, was on us. Something lifted forward and fled downwind like a broken-winged red and white bird. Gerda's awning had gone; and Dalfin shouted. But we could not heed that. We were wrestling with the helm, for the wind was heavy and unsteady, and the thunder rolled round us and above us, while ...
— A Sea Queen's Sailing • Charles Whistler
... when Noel whipped out a long arrow and pointed silently across the open. From the woods on the other side the caribou had broken out of a dozen tunnels under the spruces, and came trotting back in their old trails, straight downwind to where the little ...
— Northern Trails, Book I. • William J. Long


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