Abaft - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|əˈbæft|
Brit.
|əˈbɑːft|
adverb
- at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane (syn: aft, astern)
ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
Extra examples
...the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship...
...a school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat...
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