foul wind

English

Noun

foul wind (plural foul winds)

1. (nautical) A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

   We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast.

Antonyms

• fair wind

Translations

wind against traveled direction

• Finnish: vastatuuli
• French: vent défavorable m
• Hebrew: רוּחַ נֶגְדִית (he) f (ruakh negdit)
• Portuguese: vento ponteiro m
• Russian: встре́чный ве́тер m (vstréčnyj véter)
• Swedish: motvind (sv) c

References

• Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, →ISBN, page 210.