sternward

American  

[sturn-werd] / ˈstɜrn wərd /

adverb

1. toward the stern; astern.

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Etymology

Origin of sternward

First recorded in 1825–35; stern ² + -ward

Example Sentences

A fifth observer is assigned the sternward zone � a roughly 90-degree vision sweep angling out from both stern corners and encompassing the trolling-lure pattern and outward to 120-plus feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the end, when the afternoon was waxing late, the sternward vessel stood up so that every detail of her loomed plain.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney

On the chart table lay a pocket lamp, facing sternward, the light pouring upon what looked to be a map; and over it were bent three faces, one of which was Cunningham’s.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold

The wheel and the navigating instruments were sternward, under a spread of heavy canvas, a protection against rain and sun.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold