sternward
[ sturn-werd ]
/ ˈstɜrn wərd /
adverb
toward the stern; astern.
Words nearby sternward
sternson, sternum, sternutation, sternutator, sternutatory, sternward, sternwards, sternway, sternwheel, sternwheeler, steroid
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Examples from the Web for sternward
Sternward on the deck, by the lounge oval, I could see Miko standing.
She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.
The Million Dollar Mystery|Harold MacGrathIn the end, when the afternoon was waxing late, the sternward vessel stood up so that every detail of her loomed plain.
Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair