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abaft

1 adverb

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 725681 Last modified 01.08.2018
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Domain maritime traffic; seaborne traffic
ahtris preferred
  • of position: literally, back, behind, in the rear. From an early period, it seems to have been confined to a ship (in reference to which its immediate source baft is also found in the 14th c.); the bows are the foremost, and the stern the aftermost part, hence abaft means ‘In the after part or stern half of the ship.’
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  • FR: en arrière [T60988]; à l'arrière [T60988] DE: hinter [T60988] FI: peräpuolellä [T60988]
ahtris preferred
Good to know
  • abaft the beam - tagapool traaversit
tagapool
abaft
Usage examples
  • In ships of 100 metres in length and upwards, one of the main transverse bulkheads abaft the forepeak shall be fitted at a distance from the forward perpendicular which is not greater than the permissible length.

Purjetamise terminibaas

ID 468680 Last modified 23.02.2024
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ahtris
  • laeva ahtripoolses osas või laevast ahtri suunas asuv. Näiteks „Jauli taglastuses asetatakse pesaanpurje mast ahtertäävist pära poole“.
  • toward the stern
ahtris
abaft
Usage examples
  • In a yawl rig, the mizzen is stepped abaft the sternpost.

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