Abaft vs Quartering - What's the difference?
abaft | quartering |
(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
(nautical, obsolete) Backwards.
(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(Webster 1913)
In context|nautical|lang=en terms the difference between abaft and quartering
is that abaft is (nautical) on the aft side; in the stern while quartering is (nautical) coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.As a preposition abaft
is (nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of .As an adverb abaft
is (nautical|obsolete) backwards .As a verb quartering is
.As a noun quartering is
the act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.As an adjective quartering is
(nautical) coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.abaft
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- abaft the wheelhouse.
Adverb
(en adverb)- with the wind abaft
- The mate sleeps abaft
