up-windadv.adj.
/ˌʌpˈwɪnd/, U.S. /ˈˌəpˈwɪnd/ A. adv.
Contrary to the course of, against, the wind.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards wind direction
to the windc1330
to (the) windwardc1550
with the wind1577
in the wind1580
to the weatherward1589
up (the) wind1611
down (the) winda1616
windward1690
weatherly1708
up-wind1838
into the wind1918
1838 W. Scrope Art Deer-stalking 17 Deer..always run up wind.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 7 Here their fox had made his point good up-wind.
1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 202 They always started up-wind from our quarters.
B. adj.
Occurring in a direction against the wind.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > situated on side away from or facing wind > opposite to direction of the wind
windermost1622
windward1627
windwardmost1644
up-wind1942
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 95 The aircraft should always be ditched on the upwind slope of the swell.
1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta ii. 55 The upwind end of the landing-path was a maze of bomb-holes... I was too brassed off to worry whether I pranged or not.
1980 Yachts & Yachting 29 Feb. 651/1 For upwind work, we chose to use a Navik vane.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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