fair wind

English

Noun

fair wind (plural fair winds)

(nautical) A wind blowing in the direction the sailor wants to go, ie. favourably. (Reference: Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, →ISBN, page 210.)

Antonyms

foul wind

Translations

wind in the right direction

Bulgarian: попътен вятър (popǎten vjatǎr)
Finnish: myötätuuli (fi)
Portuguese: vento de feição m

Russian: попутный ветер (poputnyj veter)
Swedish: medvind (sv) c

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