Definitions
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
Word origin
From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.
Used in a sentence
“The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.”
“[…] two drunken Turkes, that were in the Frigot with twelue others, discharged two Calieuers, with which they killed two Souldiours, that stood abaft our Gally.”
““[…] Read the sign up there—NO SMOKING ABAFT THE WHEEL!””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Behind on a ship”5 letters
02“Toward a ship's stern”5 letters
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