abox
/əˈbɒks/Nautical
adverb
Of the head-yards of a sailing vessel: in a position with only the headsails laid aback.
Origin
Early 19th century. From a- + box.
- paddle-like
- paddle one's own canoe
- paddle-plane
- paddle pop
- paddler
- paddle shaft
- paddle steamer
- paddle tennis
- paddle wheel
- paddlewheeler
- paddlewood
- paddling
- paddling pool
- paddo
- paddock
- paddock bomb
- paddock course
- paddock critic
- paddock-graze
- paddock grazing
- paddock-pipe
- paddock redd
- paddock rud
- paddock sheet
- paddock's pipe