Abaft

Definition of abaft:

part of speech: adverb

Behind; towards the stern.

part of speech: adverb

Or prep., on the aft or hind part of a ship: behind.

Usage examples for abaft:

• If one missed fire, the gun next abaft stepped in. "From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life", Captain A. T. Mahan.

• In my delight at the promised treat, and in my haste to join the watch, I gave too little heed to where I was going, and shot like a bullet squarely against a man who had been standing just abaft the galley window. "The Mutineers", Charles Boardman Hawes.

• The quarter- deck, the white boats amidships, and all the brass work abaft the funnels reflected the radiance. "The Honorable Percival", Alice Hegan Rice.

• Why, sir, the Molly seems to be breaking up fast; as well as I can see, she has broke in two just abaft the forechains, and cannot hold together in any shape at all many minutes longer. "Jack Tier or The Florida Reef", James Fenimore Cooper.