antitrade

[ an-ti-treyd ]

noun

adjective

Origin of antitrade

First recorded in 1850–55; anti- + trade

All this indicated that gales were going on in the anti-trades.
Sailing Alone Around The World | Joshua Slocum
Between trades and anti-trades is another zone of calms,—near the Tropics of Cancer and of Capricorn.
Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know | Julia Ellen Rogers
It must not be supposed that the region of the trade winds and of the anti-trades lie side by side.
Modern Geography | Marion I. Newbigin
To the north of this line, therefore, the climate is more or less affected even in summer by the anti-trades.
Modern Geography | Marion I. Newbigin

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