Sternway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical The backward movement of a vessel.
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  • n. a backwards motion of a vessel
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
    • Word Usage
    "Elsinore was up in the eye of the wind, and making sternway, I found that by putting the wheel sharply over, one way or the other, I could swing her bow off."
    Antonym
    headway   
    Cross Reference
    to fetch sternway   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    withouta    transmute    nardoo    uncomprehension    passing-away   
     
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