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abaft

[uh-baft, uh-bahft] / əˈbæft, əˈbɑft /
ADJECTIVE
to the rear
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Abaft the companion seat is a 47-gallon livewell with a strong hatch and a Plexiglas insert so you can see how the nervous little dears are doing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abaft this is the live well and bait-prep center with eight tackle drawers and a sink with fresh and raw water.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abaft is the engineroom proper, housing the big MTU propulsion engines but only a minimum of the auxiliary machinery and other equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abaft the starboard seat is a tackle center with drawers for all your rigs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abaft, a-baft′, adv. and prep. on the aft, hind, or stern part of a ship: behind.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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