·adv & ·adj Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
a Saxon word contradistinctive of fore, and an abbreviation of abaft the hinder part of the ship, or...
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An elevation on the after-part of our ships of war, opposed to forecastle, for the purpose of fighti...
, chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c. Denote as far aft, full, home, up, &c., as possible, or th...
The sheets of fore-and-aft sails may be hauled flat-aft, as the jib-sheet to pay her head off, the d...
See hauls aft ...
, or veers aft. Said of the wind when it draws astern. ...
The outward curve or segment of a circle, that the stern partakes of from the wing transom upwards. ...
Complained of on the quarter-deck. ...
To throw the breast backstays out of the cross-tree horns or out-riggers and bear them aft. If not d...
The situation of a square-rigged ship that sails before the wind, or with the wind right astern. It ...
From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...
Jibs, staysails, and gaff-sails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards. They extend from the...
To pull it in more towards the stern, so as to trim the sail nearer to the wind. ...
The order usually given after being hove-to, with fore or main top-sail square or aback, and jib-she...
to pull it in, by hauling in slack. ...