foul wind

English

Noun

foul wind (plural foul winds)

(nautical) A wind blowing against the direction of travel.
We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast.

Antonyms

fair wind

Translations

wind against traveled direction

Finnish: vastatuuli
French: vent défavorable m
Hebrew: רוּחַ נֶגְדִית (he) f (ruakh negdit)
Portuguese: vento ponteiro m
Russian: встре́чный ве́тер m (vstréčnyj véter)
Swedish: motvind (sv) c

References

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

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