downwind
advCA /ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/
Etymology From down- + wind.
1
Usually in the same direction as the wind is blowing
- ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.1888, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills:
- The six birds on their downwind leg have already started to get their "gear down," meaning they have partially rotated their legs forward in a position that will be vertical by the moment of touch down.2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 220:
2
Usually, Followed by from positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
- I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.
3
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Usually in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern
- Synonyms
- leeward
- Derived terms
- downwinder