Abaft

Charles Davis came abaft the 'midship-house, and, while we talked, many faces peered over the for'ard edge of the house and many forms slouched into view on the deck on each side of the house. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The next one abaft of his own he named "Killeny Boy's," and called on ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bunk next on the port side to the cook's and abaft of it ❋ Unknown (2010)

He made his way to the yam sacks lashed abaft the mizzenmast and got his bottle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"She's been needing new timbers abaft the beam there for years," quoth Captain Glass. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her interior was wholly rebuilt, so that the hold became main-cabin and staterooms, while abaft amidships were installed engines, a dynamo, an ice machine, storage batteries, and, far in the stern, gasoline tanks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And then there's what Hyundai called the Ultimate package, a Maybach-like set of business-class power reclining seats in the back, with heating and massage; power headrests with tilt-in adjustable bolsters like some airline seats; a refrigerator in the center console, abaft of the rear seat/climate/entertainment control panel and 8-inch display; and three window shades for the full celebrity treatment. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

Fidel Castro started his life journey from a sugar cane farm in Cuba 80 years ago; stood in the abaft and victoriously led the Cubans in the rebellion against the Batistans at the age of 32. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A nao was a Portuguese term nef or nau in French for a full-rigged round ship, with large square-rigged sails on two or three masts, sometimes with a lateen-rigged mizzen and a smaller mast called a bonaventure abaft the mizzen. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

At sea a bonaventure was the French name for a very short mizzen mast, stepped abaft a tall mainmast—in much the same way that this young Indian lad tagged along behind the governor. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

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They came the starboard side, and just abaft the fore rigging, one of them stumbled and fell over something. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yet, a little after five bells, it seemed to me that I saw a shadowy face peer over the rail, a little abaft the fore lanyards. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was nothing less than the form of a man stepping inboard over the starboard rail, a little abaft the main rigging. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Captain Cuttle, without quite understanding this, greatly approved of it, and observed in a tone of strong corroboration, that the wind was quite abaft. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There had been three lanterns lit when he left the sick bay, strung on a pulley stretched abaft the long, narrow cabin. ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

But Tom and the petrels never cared, for the gale was right abaft, and away they went over the crests of the billows, as merry as so many flying-fish. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Away aft, a dim, shadowy form stood in the wake of a swaying belt of moonlight, that swept the deck a bit abaft the main-mast. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The passengers moved abaft of [the ship] so as to [escape] [the fire] in the front of the ship. ❋ Compadre (2010)

abaft. ❋ Word Fangirl (2016)