backwind

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verb

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.”

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Meanings

backwind1

verbbackwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwinded)

present singular third person backwinds · participle present backwinding · participle past backwinded · past backwinded

  1. nauticalTo 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.

nounbackwind (plural backwinds)

plural backwinds

  1. nauticalThe flow of air so deflected

backwind2

verbbackwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwound)

present singular third person backwinds · participle present backwinding · participle past backwound · past backwound

  1. transitiveTo wind backwards.

    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.

    1978, Educational & Industrial Television, volume 10, page 138

Origin

backwind · verb, noun

From back + wind.

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backwind · verb

From back + wind.

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APA

backwind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwind

MLA

“backwind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backwind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwind.

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