UPWIND


Meaning of UPWIND in English

/ ˌʌpˈwɪnd; NAmE / adverb

in the opposite direction to the way in which the wind is blowing :

to sail upwind

The house was upwind of the factory and its smells (= the wind did not blow the smells towards the house) .

OPP downwind

►  up·wind adjective

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.