attrib. phr. and sb. [ANTI- 2.] In Anti-trade Wind, also ellipt. Anti-trade, -s: A wind that blows steadily in the opposite direction to the trade-wind, that is, in the northern hemisphere from S.W., and in southern hemisphere from N.W.
1853. Sir J. Herschel, Pop. Lect., iv. § 19 (1873), 157. The great and permanent system of winds known as the ‘trades’ and ‘anti-trades.’
1867. E. Denison, Astron. without Math., 40. This secondary or anti-trade wind prevails from about 30° to 60° latitude at sea.
1875. Croll, Climate & T., ii. 28. The south-west wind to which we owe so much of our warmth in this country, is the continuation of the anti-trade.
