abaft

a·baft (

-b

) Nautical

adv.

Toward the stern.

prep.

Toward the stern from.

[Middle English on baft : on, at; see on + baft, to the rear (from Old English beæftan, behind : be, by, at; see ambhi in Indo-European roots + æftan, behind; see apo- in Indo-European roots).]

abaft [əˈbɑːft] Nautical

adv & adj (postpositive)

(Transport / Nautical Terms) closer to the stern than to another place on a vessel with the wind abaft

prep

(Transport / Nautical Terms) behind; aft of abaft the mast

[C13 on baft; baft from Old English beæftan, from be by + æftan behind]

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Adv.

abaft - at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

aft, astern

Translations

abaft [əˈbɑːft] (Naut)

A. ADV → a popa, en popa

B. PREP → detrás de

abaft

adv (Naut) → achtern

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Abaft the beam AFT After body afterdeck astern by and large composure deck fantail Flowing sheet fore in the long run Pawl bitt quarter-deck run across run after run along run in run on	Louis at four in the afternoon, and she stood on the lower guard abaft the paddle box and watched Tom through a blur of tears until he melted into the throng of people and disappeared; then she looked no more, but sat there on a coil of cable crying till far into the night. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context Abaft the mainmast the deck-pump was being ceaselessly worked by relays of the passengers; dry blankets were passed forward, soaking blankets were passed aft, and flung flat into the furnace one after another. Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context The bunk next on the port side to the cook's and abaft of it Daughtry allotted to Kwaque. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context	ab urbe condita ab- ab. Aba ABA transit number abac ABAC scale abaca abaci Abacinate Abacination Abaciscus abacist aback Abaco and Cays abacterial abactinal abaction Abactor Abaculus abacus Abacus harmonicus Abada Abadan Abaddon abaft Abaft the beam Abaisance Abaiser Abaist Abajo Peak Abakan Abakan River Abalienate abalienation abalone abamp abampere Aband abandannad abandon abandoned abandoned infant abandoned person abandoned ship Abandonedly abandonee Abandoner Abandonment Abandum Abanet	Abaddan Abaddan Abaddon Abaddon ABADE Abadeh ABADIB Abadie sign Abadie's sign Abadie's sign Abadie's sign Abadie's sign Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis ABADRL ABADS Abadzekh Abadzekhs Abae ABAEF Abaeland Abaeland Abaelard Abaelard Abaelardus Abaelardus Abaev, Vasilii Abaev, Vasilii Ivanovich ABAF ABAFR abaft Abaft the beam ABAG Abaginskii, Arkhip Abagtha Abagur ABAH Abahai ABAHR Abai Abai Abai Kunanbaev Abai river Abai river Abai Steppe ABAIA Abailard Abailard ABAIM Abaisance Abaiser abaissement Abaissement de la notation Abaist Abaj Abajo Peak Abakan Abakan Abakan Abakan mountains

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Abaft the beam
AFT
After body
afterdeck
astern
by and large
composure
deck
fantail
Flowing sheet
fore
in the long run
Pawl bitt
quarter-deck
run across
run after
run along
run in
run on

Louis at four in the afternoon, and she stood on the lower guard abaft the paddle box and watched Tom through a blur of tears until he melted into the throng of people and disappeared; then she looked no more, but sat there on a coil of cable crying till far into the night.

Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context

Abaft the mainmast the deck-pump was being ceaselessly worked by relays of the passengers; dry blankets were passed forward, soaking blankets were passed aft, and flung flat into the furnace one after another.

Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context

The bunk next on the port side to the cook's and abaft of it Daughtry allotted to Kwaque.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

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