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abaft

[uh-baft, uh-bahft] / əˈbæft, əˈbɑft /
ADJECTIVE
to the rear
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Down along 650 feet of deck raced 1,300 warrant officers, petty officers, sailors, Royal Marines to jam themselves on the tiny stern deck abaft the anti-aircraft guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four guest staterooms are found forward of the engineroom, and abaft, a large garage carries a 20-foot RIB and three PWCs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just abaft the bridge were two large cowled ventilators leading down into the fireroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Valchem crew's quarters, just five or six feet abaft the deep cut, an oiler awoke into a nightmare.

From Time Magazine Archive

“And my gog! how could they be otherwise? Look at that one, the aftest abaft the bier-bank: read it!”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker