up-wind, adv. and a.
(ˌʌpˈwɪnd)
Also upwind.
[up- prep.2 4.]
A. adv. Contrary to the course of, against, the wind.
| 1838 Scrope Deer-stalking 17 Deer..always run up wind. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harb. 7 Here their fox had made his point good up-wind. 1897 Hinde Congo Arabs 202 They always started up-wind from our quarters. |
B. adj. Occurring in a direction against the wind.
| 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) II. 95 The aircraft should always be ditched on the upwind slope of the swell. 1943 [see prang v. 2]. 1980 Yachts & Yachting 29 Feb. 651/1 For upwind work, we chose to use a Navik vane. |