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backwinded

vb. (en-past of: backwind)

Usage examples of "backwinded".

In her haste, she backwinded her sail, and for a few frantic seconds, her sloop lay dead in the water, bobbing up and down in the crest of waves from the approaching yacht.

The jib was backwinded, sheeted to the windward side, in effect, blowing the bow down off the wind while the main and the mizzen were trying to put it up wind.

The sail backwinded with a bang which tore through boltrope and sheet.