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Definition of Astern
1. Adverb. Stern foremost or backward. "The steamer went astern at half speed"
2. Adverb. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane. "The captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
3. Adverb. (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"
Definition of Astern
1. adv. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Definition of Astern
1. Adverb. (nautical) Beyond the stern when viewed from aboard. ¹
2. Adjective. (nautical) behind ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astern
1. at or toward the rear of a ship [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astern
Literary usage of Astern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and (1808)
"On directing her fire on the ships astern, they all followed her example, except
the corvette, who, from being in the rear, had suffered little from the ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... and did their whole duty. her as rapidly as we could fire ; I then dropped
astern, to give the vessels coming up an opportunity to pass and engage her. ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... and did their whole duty. her as rapidly as we could fire ; I then dropped
astern, to give the vessels coming up an opportunity to pass and engage her. ..."
4. Cases Selected from Those Heard and Determined in the Vice-Admiralty Court by William Cook, Québec (Province). Vice-Admiralty Court (1885)
"Other evidence shows that the pilot's order "full-speed astern " was executed
either imperfectly or not until after the Princess Alexandra had been struck ..."
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