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abaft

[uh-baft, uh-bahft] / əˈbæft, əˈbɑft /
ADJECTIVE
to the rear
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Four guest staterooms are found forward of the engineroom, and abaft, a large garage carries a 20-foot RIB and three PWCs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down along 650 feet of deck raced 1,300 warrant officers, petty officers, sailors, Royal Marines to jam themselves on the tiny stern deck abaft the anti-aircraft guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a wet bar just abaft the companion seat, with Corian top, trash receptacle and a sink.

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