wind-rode

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wind-rode (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
    • 1822, Thomas Arnold, The American Practical Lunarian:
      If she is in a situation where she cannot be brought to an anchor, let go her lee anchor, which will swing her wind-rode, and relieve her from the strength of the wind

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