aft
/ɑːft
/adverb & adjective
At, near, or towards the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft: [as adverb]: Travis made his way aft [as adjective]: the aft cargo compartment...
- It is an unusual design of ship, a collier with engine-room aft and wheelhouse amidships.
- Heading aft towards the stern, we found the mizzenmast collapsed, which was why it had not shown up on the sonar.
- An airman inspector noticed the starboard aft wheel was missing all but one of its lug nuts.
Origin
Early 17th century: probably from obsolete baft (see abaft), influenced by Low German and Dutch achter 'abaft, after'.
Rhymes
- equilibrist
- equilibrium
- equilibrize
- equine
- equine encephalitis
- equinoctial
- equinoctial line
- equinoctial point
- equinox
- equip
- equipage
- equipartition
- equipartitioned
- equipartition of energy
- equipment
- equipoise
- equipollence
- equipollency
- equipollent
- equipotent
- equipotential
- equipper
- equiprobability
- equiprobable
- equisetum