abaft
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Just abaft the bridge were two large cowled ventilators leading down into the fireroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mainsheet is under the deck, with a two-part adjustment just abaft the helm, and all the winch-control buttons are recessed flush with removable chafe pads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even as I looked several long red flashes spurted forward and abaft the funnel, and as I raced back to the cabin the passageway behind me heaved and filled with smoke.
From Time Magazine Archive
The amidships cockpit has teak bench seats on each side, and the winches are bunched just forward and abaft the twin carbon fiber wheels.
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
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