abaft
IPA: ʌbˈæft
adverb
- (nautical) On the aft side; in the stern.
- (nautical, obsolete) Backwards.
Examples of "abaft" in Sentences
- Abaft the engine room is the after cabin.
- Her pilothouse was located abaft the stack.
- It struck on the boat deck, abaft of the bridge.
- A collapsible derrick crane was fitted port abaft.
- Yawls are defined as having the mizzen mast abaft ie.
- Yawls are defined as having the mizzen mast abaft i.e.
- Tangier, still abaft Utah, was in the fight from the beginning.
- An object nearer the stern than the mainmast is abaft the mainmast.
- A huge new lattice foremast was fitted immediately abaft the bridge.
- A large mainsail is rigged abaft the mast s and usually a jib in front of it.