cross wind
or cross·wind
[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /
noun
a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
Origin of cross wind
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby cross wind
cross tolerance,
cross training,
cross up,
cross vault,
cross vine,
cross wind,
cross wire,
cross wires,
cross-,
cross-action,
cross-addicted
Example sentences from the Web for crosswind
He could not land in the trough between two crests, for that would require a crosswind landing.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol |Henry Harley Arnold
British Dictionary definitions for crosswind
crosswind
/ (ˈkrɒsˌwɪnd) /
noun
a wind that blows at right angles to the direction of travel