fair wind

English

Noun

fair wind (plural fair winds)

1. (nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.

Antonyms

• foul wind

Translations

wind in the right direction

Bulgarian: попътен вятър (popǎten vjatǎr) Finnish: myötätuuli (fi) French: vent favorable m Hebrew: רוּחַ נוֹחָה (he) f (ruakh nokha) Latin: ventus secundus Norwegian: Bokmål: medbør m Polish: pomyślny wiatr m Portuguese: vento de feição m Russian: попу́тный ве́тер m (popútnyj véter) Swedish: medvind (sv) c Welsh: gwynt teg m

References

• Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, →ISBN, page 210.