aft
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aft /ɑːft/
▶adverb & adjective at, near, or towards the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft.
– origin C17: prob. from obs. baft (see abaft), influenced by Low Ger. and Du. achter ‘abaft, after’.
'aft' also found in these Oxford entries:
afterwards
- backstay
- barque
- barquentine
- Bermuda rig
- brail
- brig
- brigantine
- carline
- close-hauled
- cockpit
- counter
- cutter
- fore and aft
- free
- gaff
- genoa
- hermaphrodite brig
- ketch
- leech
- luff
- mainsail
- mizzen
- quarter
- roach
- sloop
- spanker
- staysail
- throat
- topsail
- trim
- trysail
- wishbone
- yawl
