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What does the word abaft mean?

Part of speech: preposition

Further aft than.

Part of speech: adverb

Toward the stern; back; behind.

Usage examples for abaft

If one missed fire, the gun next abaft stepped in. – From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Captain A. T. Mahan

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