† fore-windn.

Forms: Also for-wind.

Etymology: < fore- prefix + wind n.¹ Compare Dutch voorwind.

Obsolete.

A wind that blows a ship forward on her course, a favourable wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > favourable wind

fore-wind1561

trail wind1679

tail-wind1897

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Epistle sig. A iii^v They founde it to serue with a forewynde.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iv. xix. 82 A for-wind now for Harwich fitly blowes.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 461 A good forewind Apollo with them sent.

figurative.1682 S. Pordage Medal Revers'd 104 All with the fore~wind of Religion Saile.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	fore-wind
释义	† fore-windn. Forms: Also for-wind. Etymology: < fore- prefix + wind n.¹ Compare Dutch voorwind. Obsolete. A wind that blows a ship forward on her course, a favourable wind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > favourable wind fore-wind1561 trail wind1679 tail-wind1897 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Epistle sig. A iii^v They founde it to serue with a forewynde. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iv. xix. 82 A for-wind now for Harwich fitly blowes. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 461 A good forewind Apollo with them sent. figurative.1682 S. Pordage Medal Revers'd 104 All with the fore~wind of Religion Saile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1561
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