upbreeze

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ breeze.

Adjective

upbreeze (not comparable)

1. upwind
   • 1995, Louis Owens, The Sharpest Sight, page 12:

     The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was.

Noun

upbreeze (plural upbreezes)

1. A breeze that blows upward.
   • 2014, MJ Bird, The Exiled Aslignhain:

     He twisted and turned in the upbreeze desperately trying to right himself, trying to cling to the finely smooth exterior of the marble citadel walls only to crash land into a rather large hedge in the gardens […]

   • 2022, Rob Rosen, Bobby Ray Breaks the Universe:

     It was hot, stifling, my robe's upbreeze now nonexistent.