Slowly the wind backed from east to north-east, and then went north.

The wind had backed into the north and was blowing about force five.

There was less snow now; the wind had backed round to the south, warming the air.

The weather was holding and the wind had backed to the east.

Every time we rounded a bend, the wind backed for us.

The wind had backed and now blew from the north.

Then the wind had slowly backed, taking half to three-quarters of an hour to get round to the east.

The wind backed into the east in late morning.

The wind had backed into the northeast and was coming up strong again.

If the wind backed a point or two, she would have to tack, which he wanted to avoid.