sternway
Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
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How to use sternway in a sentence
Suddenly, glancing up at the dim cloud of sails above, I saw that we were aback and making sternway.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston ChurchillWhen sufficient sternway had been gathered the engines were put to full speed ahead to check her.
The Blocking of Zeebrugge | Alfred F. B. CarpenterAs far as could be seen, there was now nothing for'ard to prevent the submarine gathering sternway.
A Sub and a Submarine | Percy F. WestermanHe stopped his ship, and then backed water, making sternway to the Hartford, so as to stop her also.
Hero Tales From American History | Henry Cabot Lodge, and Theodore RooseveltThe chief asks for the engines to be stopped; sternway is putting purchase on the binding pressure of the rudder.
Merchantmen-at-Arms | David W. Bone
British Dictionary definitions for sternway
/ (ˈstɜːnˌweɪ) /
nautical movement of a vessel sternforemost
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