abaft

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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

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

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

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