abaft

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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Just abaft the bridge were two large cowled ventilators leading down into the fireroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The galley abaft the owner�s suite includes private crew stairs to their cabin and mess area forward as well as to the raised pilothouse.

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With a fair wind abaft the beam, the ship could have logged a hundred and fifty miles in a day’s sailing.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham