The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wind-rode
Wind-rode \Wind"-rode`\, a. (Naut.)
Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the
course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with
wind and tide opposed to each other.
--Totten.
Wiktionary
wind-rode
a. (context nautical English) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
Usage examples of "wind-rode".
Since it was high water, with no tidal stream, the Triton had been wind-rode, lying with her bow heading to me north-west.