Home›Browse›T›trade windstrade windsOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutestrade windstrade winds — nounnoun1. steady winds blowing towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemi1.nounDefinitionsteady winds blowing towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and from the southeast in the southern hemisphereExampleThe trade winds carried the sailing ship across the Atlantic.