Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abaft"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abaft \A*baft"\ ([.a]*b[.a]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE. baft,
baften, biaften, AS. be[ae]ftan; be by + [ae]ftan behind. See
{After}, {Aft}, {By}.] (Naut.)
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
{Abaft the beam}. See under {Beam}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abaft \A*baft"\, adv. (Naut.)
Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abaft
adv : 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" [syn: {aft}, {astern}] [ant: {fore}]
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