Foul wind

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

    "We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast."

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counterbalancecounterweightcrosscurrenthead windundercurrent

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"We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast."

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