indraught

British  

/ ˈɪnˌdrɑːft /

noun

1. the act of drawing or pulling in

2. an inward flow, esp of air

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Example Sentences

In about twenty days’ time we got near the Equator, when we met with variable winds and calms, while a strong indraught sucked us out of our course into the Bay of Panama.

From The Island Treasure by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

There was a strong indraught of a knot an hour into Spencer's Gulf.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

This indraught increases the danger of navigating near this part but I do not recollect having experienced any when we passed them in June, 1818.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker

“What a gourmand he is!” whispered Lewis to the Captain, in reference to the man of science, “and such a genial outflow of wit to correspond with his amazing indraught of wittles.”

From Rivers of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

A long and hard tussle it was, I assure you, to fight against the indraught, and to drag my frame through the long hillocky gorge.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)