Definition of Astrn
A*stern" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- +
stern.] (Naut.) 1. In or at the hinder
part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go
astern.
2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of
wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern."
Drake.
To bake astern, to go stern foremost. --
To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the
position given by the reckoning. -- To drop astern,
to fall or be left behind. -- To go astern,
to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (nautical) beyond the stern when viewed from aboard.
- He signalled the engineroom to go astern: in other words, to run the engine in such a way as to put the ship beyond the present position of her stern, as viewed from aboard.
- (nautical) behind
- If one ship is following another, the first is astern when viewed from the second.
- (nautical) behind
- The ship left a wake astern of her.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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