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cross wind

or cross·wind

[ wind ]

noun

  1. a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cross wind1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

The typical wind on the top of the course is a cross wind, but it was actually pretty kind today.

He said a strong cross wind may have caused the disaster.

The Bulletin reports the pilot, identified as 73-year-old Brian Lansburgh of Sisters, was attempting to land at Tuesday morning, but hit a cross wind.

The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports the Western Nebraska Airport Authority Board decided to delay the resurfacing of its cross wind runway because the Federal Aviation Administration balked at the cost.

“It was a hard race, especially with the cross wind. Our boat went all over to the left and the right,” Valent Sinkovic said.

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