wind-rode

English

Adjective

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

See also

• tide-rode

References

• “wind-rode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ride down