near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraftthe lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship
the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship
aft, astern, sternward(or sternwards)
after, back, backward(or backwards), behind, posteriorly, rearward(also rearwards)
fore, forward
anteriorlyahead, before
at, to, or toward the rear ofa school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat
a school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat
back of, behind
in back of
before
ahead of
in the 14th century
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