Astern - Definition
astern
adv 1: stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at
half speed"
2: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an
airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails
sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain
looked astern to see what the fuss was about" [syn: aft,
abaft, astern] [ant: fore, forward]
3: (of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on
the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on
the ebb tide"