NEAR THE WIND


Meaning of NEAR THE WIND in English

phrasal

1. : close to the wind : close-hauled

2. : close to a point of danger : near the permissible limit

one of his racy tales, heavily spiced with native argot and sailing perilously near the wind — Edward Lockspeiser

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.