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backwind¹

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From back + wind.

verb backwinds · backwinding · backwinded

  1. 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.

noun backwinds

  1. The flow of air so deflected

backwind²

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From back + wind.

verb backwinds · backwinding · backwound

  1. transitive To wind backwards. 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.

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@misc{backwind_2026,
  title = {backwind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backwind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}