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Vinony

abaft

adverb

  1. closer to the stern
L1063 on Wikidata ↗

preposition

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L333868 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈbɑːft/ / /əˈbæft/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.

  1. On the aft side; in the stern.

    “We drifted with the wind abaft.”

    “The mate sleeps abaft.”

  2. Backwards.

prep

Etymology: From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.

  1. Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.

    “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.”