cross wind

or cross·wind

[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /

noun

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

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Origin of cross wind

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby cross wind

cross tolerance, cross training, cross up, cross vault, cross vine, cross wind, cross wire, cross wires, cross-, cross-action, cross-addicted
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Example sentences 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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