sternwardsternwardsadv.

Brit.

/ˈstəːnwəd/, U.S.

/ˈstərnwərd/ Brit.

/ˈstəːnwədz/, U.S.

/ˈstərnwərdz/

Etymology: See -ward suffix, -wards suffix.

a. Towards or in the direction of the stern. Also of position, astern.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [adverb] > towards the stern

aftwardc1514

afterwarda1618

aftwards1627

aft1669

sternward1832

sternways1872

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) 16 I gazed upon the receding headlands far sternward.

1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved iii. vi. 309 Their course, whether stemwards or sternwards, was steadily south.

1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 134 The Admiral glanced sternwards.

1913 Daily News 5 Jan. 6 Logs of trees drifted past us sternward.

b. from the sternward: in a direction from the stern: see -ward suffix.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > in the rear (of) [phrase] > from the stern

from the sternward1866

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 38 The shipmen..Cast four anchors from the sternward.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sternward
释义	sternwardsternwardsadv. Brit. /ˈstəːnwəd/, U.S. /ˈstərnwərd/ Brit. /ˈstəːnwədz/, U.S. /ˈstərnwərdz/ Etymology: See -ward suffix, -wards suffix. a. Towards or in the direction of the stern. Also of position, astern. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [adverb] > towards the stern aftwardc1514 afterwarda1618 aftwards1627 aft1669 sternward1832 sternways1872 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) 16 I gazed upon the receding headlands far sternward. 1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved iii. vi. 309 Their course, whether stemwards or sternwards, was steadily south. 1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 134 The Admiral glanced sternwards. 1913 Daily News 5 Jan. 6 Logs of trees drifted past us sternward. b. from the sternward: in a direction from the stern: see -ward suffix. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > in the rear (of) [phrase] > from the stern from the sternward1866 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 38 The shipmen..Cast four anchors from the sternward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1832
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