- Steer into wind - The side of a ship toward the wind. - The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. - The roundest part of a ship's bow. - The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the
jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails. - To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail
nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail
nearer the wind.