Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, riding with head to wind instead of to current. Compare
tide-rode .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective nautical Caused to ride or drive by the
wind in opposition to the course of thetide ; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
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hernesheir commented on the word wind-rode
See tide-rode.
November 25, 2010