backwindとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

backwind (三人称単数 現在形 backwinds, 現在分詞 backwinding, 過去形および過去分詞形 backwinded)

1. (nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel

   If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.

名詞

backwind (複数形 backwinds)

1. (nautical) The flow of air so deflected

語源 2

back +‎ wind

動詞

backwind (三人称単数 現在形 backwinds, 現在分詞 backwinding, 過去形および過去分詞形 backwound)

1. (transitive) To wind backwards.
   • 1978, Educational & Industrial Television (volume 10, page 138)

     This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same.

アナグラム

• wind back