upwind

upwind
adv., adj. /up"wind"/; n. /up"wind'/, adv.
1. toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing: The hunters stalked upwind.
adj.
2. moving or situated toward or in the direction from which the wind is blowing: an upwind leap; the upwind portions of the aircraft.
n.
3. a wind that blows against one's course or up a slope.
[1830-40; UP- + WIND1]

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