Bible Dictionaries
Abaft

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.

(2):

(adv.) Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Abaft'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/abaft.html. 1828.