Astern - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈstɜːrn|  American pronunciation of the word astern
Brit.  |əˈstɜːn|  British pronunciation of the word astern

adverb

- stern foremost or backward
the steamer went astern at half speed
- at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane (syn: abaft, aft)
the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
- (of a ship or an airplane) behind
we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide
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