abaft meaning in General Dictionary
Toward the stern aft on go abaft
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- Behind toward the stern from as abaft the wheelhouse
- at or near or toward the stern of a ship or end of an airplane
- at the rear of; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
- Toward the stern; aft; because, going abaft.
abaft meaning in Urban Dictionary
On or toward the trunk of a ship.
abaft meaning in Etymology Dictionary
"in or behind part of a ship" (in opposition to ahead), 1590s, from Middle English on baft (Old English on b
abaft meaning in Sports Dictionary
Nearer the stern than one or device. (sport: Yachting)
abaft meaning in General Dictionary
(prep.) Behind; toward the stern off; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
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- (adv.) Toward the stern; aft; because, going abaft.
Sentence Examples with the word abaft
Thus the part of B caused by the permanent magnetism of hard iron must be corrected by permanent magnets horizontally placed in a fore and aft direction; the other part caused by vertical soft iron by means of bars of vertical soft iron, called Flinders bars, before or abaft the compass.