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sternward

[ sturn-werd ]

/ ˈstɜrn wərd /

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adverb

toward the stern; astern.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of sternward

First recorded in 1825–35; stern² + -ward

Words nearby sternward

sternson, sternum, sternutation, sternutator, sternutatory, sternward, sternwards, sternway, sternwheel, sternwheeler, steroid

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Example sentences from the Web for sternward

Half of the vessel sternward was devoid of air, but here in the bow we could last a little longer.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings
In 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
She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.
The Million Dollar Mystery|Harold MacGrath
Gregory turned about to see the black waters to the sternward were rippled with sparkling threads of silver-white.
El Diablo|Brayton Norton

His eye was at once turned towards the water; and, like all men accustomed to the sea, was intuitively directed sternward.
The Ocean Waifs|Mayne Reid

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