down the wind
English
Prepositional phrase
down the wind
- In the direction of, and moving with, the wind.
- Birds fly swiftly down the wind.
- (obsolete) Decaying; declining.
- L'Estrange
- He went down the wind still.
- L'Estrange
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for down the wind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)