Abaft

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Preposition 1.2.1 Phrases 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Shorthand 1.4.1 Gregg

English

Etymology

From a- "on" + Old English baft, baften, biaften, Anglo Saxon beæftan; be "by" + æftan "behind". See After, Aft, By

Preposition

1. (nautical): Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; as, abaft the wheelhouse.

Phrases

• Abaft the beam: to one side of the vessel and behind an imaginary line drawn across the centre of a ship. Or, more precisely: taking dead ahead as bearing 0° and dead astern as bearing 180°, an object which is abaft the beam bears greater than 90°.

Translations

• Finnish: takana, peräpuolella
• French: en arrière de, sur l'arrière de
• German: achtern, hintern

Adverb

1. (nautical): Nearer the stern than; aft of; as, to go abaft (the mainmast etc).

Translations

• Català: a popa
• Finnish: taakse
• French: sur l'arrière or vers l'arrière
• German: achteraus
• Portuguese: pela popa, popa

Shorthand

Gregg

• (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - f - tio:abaft

pl:abaft fi:abaft uk:abaft zh:abaft