"eat to windward" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eats to windward [present, singular, third-person], eating to windward [participle, present], ate to windward [past], eaten to windward [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> to windward}} eat to windward (third-person singular simple present eats to windward, present participle eating to windward, simple past ate to windward, past participle eaten to windward)
  1. (nautical, dated, of a vessel) To keep the course when close-hauled with minimal steering. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-eat_to_windward-en-verb-eCMZlgKi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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