abaft
adverb/əˈbɑːft/
/əˈbæft/
(specialist)- in or behind the stern (= back end) of a shipTopics Transport by waterc2Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘backwards’): from a- ‘to, towards’ (expressing motion) + archaic baft ‘in the rear’.
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