abaft
English
Etymology
From a- (“on”) + Middle English baft, baften, biaften, Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after).[1][2] See also aft.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈbæft/ or IPA(key): /əˈbɑːft/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈbæft/ or IPA(key): /əˈbɑft/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːft
Preposition
abaft
- (nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. [First attested around the late 15th century.][3]
- The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.
Translations
(nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of
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Adverb
abaft (comparative more abaft, superlative most abaft)
- (nautical) On the aft side; in the stern. [First attested in the early 17th century.][3]
- We drifted with the wind abaft.
- The mate sleeps abaft.
- (nautical, obsolete) Backwards. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 15th century.][3]
Translations
(nautical) on the aft side
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Related terms
References
- ^ Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the parameter "1"; the value "chapter" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
- ^ Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the parameter "1"; the value "chapter" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaft”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.