abaft
adverb
Definition of ABAFT
: toward or at the stern : aft
Examples of ABAFT
1. <the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship>
Origin of ABAFT
Middle English, from a- + baft in the rear, from Old Englishbæftan, from be- + æftan behind — more at aft
First Known Use: 15th century
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