abaft
Example Sentences
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Six guest staterooms are situated just abaft amidships on the lower deck, and the owner�s full-beam suite occupies the entire main deck area between the mast and the raised pilothouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The galley abaft the owner�s suite includes private crew stairs to their cabin and mess area forward as well as to the raised pilothouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his chart room abaft the flag bridge, handsome, white-haired Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, commander of Task Force 77, listened to his pilots' reports on the results of their strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unshakable, unanimous belief of all hands was that a torpedo struck her just abaft amidships on the port side.
From Time Magazine Archive
He made his way just abaft of the cabin, then stood squinting up at the Susan Marie’s guys and stays and at the peaks of her stabilizer bars.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
