Backwind
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Backwind is a verb meaning (nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel.
Meaning
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel.
More Meanings
- (nautical) The flow of air so deflected
- (transitive) To wind backwards.
Example Sentences
If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.
This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same.
Word Forms
- backwinds
- backwinding
- backwinded
- backwound
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tailwind, backwash, spinnaker, wind, bottom, woold.
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