fair wind

English

Noun

fair wind (plural fair winds)

(nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.

Antonyms

foul wind

Translations

wind in the right direction

Bulgarian: попътен вятър (popǎten vjatǎr)
Finnish: myötätuuli (fi)
French: vent favorable m
Hebrew: רוּחַ נוֹחָה (he) f (ruakh nokha)
Latin: ventus secundus
Norwegian:
Bokmål: medbør m
Portuguese: vento de feição m
Russian: попутный ветер (poputnyj veter)
Swedish: medvind (sv) c

References

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

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