abaft

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The tail unit had been severed just abaft the toilet and was found practically intact about a mile from the wreck.

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If that�s not high enough, a Eurocopter EC130 4B stands ready on the pad abaft the pilothouse and skylounge.

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

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There is a wet bar just abaft the companion seat, with Corian top, trash receptacle and a sink.

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The Susan Marie was a thirty-foot stern-picker—a standard, well-tended San Piedro gill-netter—with her cabin just abaft of midship.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson