backwind
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
backwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwinded)
- (nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
- If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.
Noun edit
backwind (plural backwinds)
- (nautical) The flow of air so deflected
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
backwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwound)
- (transitive) To wind backwards.
- 1978, Educational & Industrial Television, volume 10, page 138:
- 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.