downwind

Adverb

downwind (not generally comparable, comparative further downwind or farther downwind or more downwind, superlative furthest downwind or farthest downwind or most downwind)

1. (not comparable, usually) in the same direction as the wind is blowing
   • ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.1888, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills
   • The six birds on their downwind leg have already started to get their "gear down," meaning they have partially rotated their legs forward in a position that will be vertical by the moment of touch down.2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 220
2. (not comparable, usually) 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. (not comparable, usually) in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern