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cross wind

or cross·wind

[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /
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noun

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

Nearby words

  1. cross tolerance,
  2. cross training,
  3. cross up,
  4. cross vault,
  5. cross vine,
  6. cross wire,
  7. cross wires,
  8. cross, wilbur lucius,
  9. cross-,
  10. cross-action

Origin of cross wind

First recorded in 1915–20
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Examples from the Web for crosswind

  • He could not land in the trough between two crests, for that would require a crosswind landing.

    Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol|Henry Harley Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for crosswind

crosswind

/ (ˈkrɒsˌwɪnd) /

noun

a wind that blows at right angles to the direction of travel
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