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head to wind

a. (context nautical English) Having the bow of a boat facing directly into the wind

Usage examples of "head to wind".

The old training-ship chained to her moorings quivered all over, bowing gently head to wind, and with her scanty rigging humming in a deep bass the breathless song of her youth at sea.

Being thus out of trim, when the squall struck her a little on the quarter, she swung head to wind as sharply as though she had been at anchor.