aft
▪ I. aft BrE [ɑːft] NAmE [æft] adverb (technical)
in, near or towards the back of a ship or an aircraft
•fore and aft of the cockpit
Word Origin:
[aft] early 17th cent.: probably from obsolete baft ‘in the rear’, influenced by Low German and Dutch achter ‘abaft, after’.
▪ II. aft adjective
•The ship was moored to the dock fore and aft.
compare ↑fore
Main entry: ↑aftderived
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