backwind
To wind backwards.
Noun
- The flow of air so deflected
Origin
From back + wind.
Forms
Verb nautical, transport
- To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
- If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.
Forms
Verb Entry 3
- To wind backwards.
- This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same. - 1978, Educational & Industrial...