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Definition of: abaft
(ə·baft′, ə·bäft′) adverb Naut.
Toward the stern; back; behind.
— prep. Further aft than; astern of: abaft the mainmast. [OE on beœftan < on on, at + be about + œftan, adv., behind, back]
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