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abaft

[uh-baft, uh-bahft] / əˈbæft, əˈbɑft /
ADJECTIVE
to the rear
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On deck you'll find seating ahead of the console, and room enough for a fighting chair abaft the helm seats.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Tenders are carried in side garages on the upper deck abaft the pilothouse, and the top deck includes a glass-enclosed sky gym.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four guest staterooms are found forward of the engineroom, and abaft, a large garage carries a 20-foot RIB and three PWCs.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was not a sail on the horizon, or a storm cloud in the sky; just a fair wind abaft the beam and the Astrea reaching for the Cape.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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