Aft, a. or adv.

(6), a. or adv. [A-S. æft, eft, after, behind, again; Goth. afta, from A-S. af, æf, of, Eng. of, Goth. af, Lat. ab, Gr. ἀπό, Skr. apa.] (Naut.) Near the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

Fore and aft, from one end of the vessel to the other.

Totten.