Definition of abaft in English:
abaft
adverb əˈbɑːftəˈbæft
Nautical In or behind the stern of a ship.
a line of clouds was spotted abaft by the starboard lookout
Example sentencesExamples
- Terry looked abaft himself and saw that the fearsome man had indeed gone.
- The blizzard made it impossible to see anything abaft of the bridge.
- It's when the breeze comes from the side, and slightly abaft of abeam, that a vessel can achieve its fastest point of sail.
- The swell was either just abaft or on the beam and at night you couldn't see it.
- With six months' stores, she draws twenty-two foot nine, abaft.
- A built-in motor bracket cuts cockpit noise and adds security in big seas from abaft.
preposition əˈbɑːftəˈbæft
Nautical Nearer the stern than; behind.
the yacht has a shower just abaft the galley
Example sentencesExamples
- When a mainsail was set up in the correct place abaft the genoa, the strain on the headsail sheet was observed to rise considerably.
- Dropping down abaft the bridge, the first thing to come into view was the funnel.
- With this security he had established as his right a caboose abaft the funnel in the midships Bofors gunshield where the gun had been removed.
- The first of two hatches to the control room section is immediately abaft the sail, being the main access into the boat.
- The carpenter had turned the capstan just abaft the mainmast into a perfectly acceptable desk.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'backwards'): from a-2 (expressing motion) + archaic baft 'in the rear'.
Rhymes
aft, craft, daft, draft, draught, engraft, graft, haft, kraft, raft, understaffed, unstaffed, waft