gain the wind (English, verb)
expansion: gain the wind (third-person singular simple present gains the wind, present participle gaining the wind, simple past and past participle gained the wind)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To reach the windward side of another ship.
tags: archaic
Forms:
form: gains the wind
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gaining the wind
tags: participle
present
form: gained the wind
tags: participle
past
form: gained the wind
tags: past