astern
adverb/əˈstɜːn/
/əˈstɜːrn/
(specialist)- in, at or towards the back part of a ship or boat
- with the wind and waves astern
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- if a ship or boat is moving astern, it is moving backwards
Word Originlate Middle English: from a- (expressing position or direction) + the noun stern.
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