astern
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"If you hear three it means you are going astern, if you hear two, it means you are turning to port," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
Halfway between New Zealand and Cape Horn, he was on the deck when a huge wave came from astern and broke over the boat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
We would visit it again on the way south, but in between, once the archipelago had slipped over the horizon astern of us, we would see no land.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2018
Then Captain Villing headed for the mainland, with Fire Island astern.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2018
It was not long before the lookout on the Astrea saw three small vessels dropping astern.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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