abaft
Example Sentences
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In Valchem crew's quarters, just five or six feet abaft the deep cut, an oiler awoke into a nightmare.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the airport the driver fetches a monoplane wing, bolts it into place just abaft the cabin door.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just abaft the bridge were two large cowled ventilators leading down into the fireroom.
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
With a fair wind abaft the beam, the ship could have logged a hundred and fifty miles in a day’s sailing.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
