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abaft

[uh-baft, uh-bahft] / əˈbæft, əˈbɑft /
ADJECTIVE
to the rear
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Six guest staterooms are situated just abaft amidships on the lower deck, and the owner�s full-beam suite occupies the entire main deck area between the mast and the raised pilothouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the airport the driver fetches a monoplane wing, bolts it into place just abaft the cabin door.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unshakable, unanimous belief of all hands was that a torpedo struck her just abaft amidships on the port side.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Valchem crew's quarters, just five or six feet abaft the deep cut, an oiler awoke into a nightmare.

From Time Magazine Archive

He made his way just abaft of the cabin, then stood squinting up at the Susan Marie’s guys and stays and at the peaks of her stabilizer bars.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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