She was standing abaft the bridge of the ship. From LearnThat.org.
Preposition : the fife rail abaft the mainmast. From Dictionary.com.
Venables; "abaft it is three feet above the keelson.". From Wordnik.com. [Round the World in Seven Days] Reference
Kobé, -- south of Kiusiu -- with a rattling breeze fair abaft. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
If the mizzen be stepped abaft the stern-post the vessel becomes a. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
The upper part of a vessel's side from abaft the main mast to the stern. From Wordnik.com. [Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced] Reference
A bower cable of each ship was immediately got out abaft, and bent forward. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference
Foremost end of ditto, about 8 feet abaft the foremost end of straight keel. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
That is, if you approached it from the starboard and slightly abaft the beam. From Wordnik.com. [Medal of Honor] Reference
The other boat, which was our reliance, was the long boat abaft the foremast. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
The ship tore through the waves, the wind well abaft the beam, the bow wave cascading. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
The upper deck, abaft the mainmast, was reserved for use of the passengers and officers. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
The observer's seat is fitted abaft the engine and the pilot's seat is aft of the observer. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
If the engine were abaft the wheel shaft, the stack could have been only as shown by Marestier. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
At night I see the two hold a sort of a collogue abaft the wheel, when I was on my trick at the helm. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art.] Reference
We soon gained her deck, and found about twenty-five of her crew ready to oppose us abaft her mainmast. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Sometimes toilets for the crew were placed forward, on either bow abaft the catheads on the upper deck. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
And sure enough, after a few seconds, I saw the white object lengthened and drew out again abaft our beam. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
The galley would have been on the lower deck, just abaft the foremast and forward of the fore cargo hatch. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
The wind had wheeled again and coming abaft, the bark shot on into the southward, trying to outrun the gale. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
On the bow-pivot, the piece may be pointed nearly from the direction of the keel to a little abaft the beam. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
By this time the forward deck was always under water, and the men gathered abaft the trunk to keep as dry as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
With the wind just abaft the beam Hotspur handled easily, but by this time instinct had to take the place of calculation. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
He had, among others, received a letter from his mother, and to be more retired had gone abaft the mizzen-mast to read it. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
I sat on the rail, just abaft the stack, watching some natives handle their big canoes, when a smaller one came alongside. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
An anchor to be shot out or lowered in case of a great danger, carried abaft the forerigging; formerly the largest anchor. From Wordnik.com. [Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced] Reference
Forty-three years ago colored travelers were not permitted in the cabin, nor allowed abaft the paddle-wheels of a steam vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Hornblower's eye measured the distances, forward and aft of the centre of flotation, from forty feet before to thirty feet abaft. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
On HMS Sikh, another of the larger 1,870 ton Tribals, the Gunnery Officer stood in his director tower above and abaft the bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
There is an electric generating station abaft the main engine room containing four turbo-generators each of 375 kilowatts capacity. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
They discovered that one of the shifting boards abaft the pump room was loose, and that they could ship and unship it as they pleased. From Wordnik.com. [American Prisoners of the Revolution] Reference
The moon had set, but there was light enough to show the decks abaft filled with men, though I could distinguish neither their persons nor movements. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Our passengers were quartered on a flying deck extending from the foremast to a point twenty feet abaft the main hatch from which came light and air. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
She fortunately struck us abaft the main channels; had she done so amidships, it would have meant the destruction of both ships and of about a thousand lives. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The two then got into a violent altercation that speedily attracted everyone's attention, a small crowd gathering round the disputants just abaft the mainmast. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
The position of the wheels, stack, and masts in Marestier's sketch of the ship make it certain that the engine was on the lower deck, abaft the paddle wheel shaft. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
The midsection, or cross section of greatest area, would have to have been only a little abaft the paddle wheel axle to allow proper trim with a minimum of ballast. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
Auxiliary biplane rudders were fitted originally abaft the after car, but during the first two trial flights they proved so very unsatisfactory that it was decided to remove them. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
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