a·baft
adverb/əˈbɑːft/
/əˈbæft/
(specialist)- in or behind the stern (= back end) of a ship
在后；近艉；在船尾；向船尾 Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘backwards’): from a- ‘to, towards’ (expressing motion) + archaic baft ‘in the rear’.