|
aft
has definitions from the fields of nautical,aeronautics
|
|
| 1 |
[ adverb ] (nautical) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
Examples "stow the luggage aft" "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft" "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Those named in the Greek paper were manufacturing reasons to steal aft under pretence of some call of duty , so_as to be near Spencer , watching an opportunity to communicate with him . Related terms |
| 2 | |
| * |
|