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Definition of Sternforemost
1. adv. With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
Definition of Sternforemost
1. Adverb. With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance. ¹
2. Adverb. (figurative) In an awkward, blundering manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternforemost
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternforemost
Literary usage of Sternforemost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of American Privateers by Edgar Stanton Maclay (1900)
"In this extremity the wounded men were hastened into the boats alongside, and by
the time the persons on board could leave her she went down sternforemost, ..."
2. The Foes of Our Own Household by Theodore Roosevelt (1917)
"We sluggishly drifted sternforemost into war. The reasons alleged were acts
precisely like the acts which had been committed throughout the ..."
3. The Girl's Own Outdoor Book, Containing Practical Help to Girls on Matters by Charles Peters (1889)
"It is simply the reverse of pulling, the object being to propel the boat
sternforemost, or to assist in turning it round. ..."
4. Casualties Afloat: With Practical Suggestions for Their Prevention and Remedy by Augustus Frederick Knaston (1849)
"... headways or sternforemost, when a moment's reflection might serve to prove
that the question is best answered by laying hold of the man-rope, ..."
5. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by United States Naval War Records Office (1898)
"We were compelled to return sternforemost for several miles before we had room
in the river to turn. Lieutenant Commanding Somerville Nicholson accompanied ..."
6. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by United States Naval War Records Office (1900)
"... was driven from her position late in the afternoon, and withdrew sternforemost,
as if afraid to expose her broadsides. At dark the enemy withdrew, ..."
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