down-wind

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down-wind - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Down-wind \Down"-wind`\, adv.
     With the wind.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  downwind \down"wind\ adj.
     on the side or in the direction away from the direction from
     which the wind is blowing; in the direction toward which the
     wind is blowing; as, good hunters stay downwind of their
     prey. Opposite of upwind, and windward.
  
     Syn: lee(prenominal), leeward.
          [WordNet 1.5]