downwind

From down- +‎ wind.

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

downwind (comparative more downwind, superlative most downwind)

1. in the same direction as the wind is blowing
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills:

     ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.

2. (followed by from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind

   I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.

3. (aviation) in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern

• leeward

• upwind
• windward

• wind down, winddown