abaft : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abaft	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for abaft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abaft adv at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" Synonym(s): aft, abaft, astern Antonym(s): fore, forward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abaft \Abaft"\ ([adot]b[adot]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE. baft, baften, biaften, AS. be[91]ftan; be by + [91]ftan behind. See {After}, {Aft}, {By}.] (Naut.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. {Abaft the beam}. See under {Beam}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abaft \A*baft"\, adv. (Naut.) Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.