upwind

adj

1. (not-comparable, usually)exposed to the wind

adv

1. (not-comparable, usually)in the direction from which the wind is blowing

verb

1. (archaic, transitive)To wind upwards.

   “The cries of all on board were drowned in wind, And wind in thunder drowned; With useless sails upwound.”

2. (archaic, transitive)To wind up (a mechanism).

   “Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.”