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sternway
[ sturn-wey ]
sternway
/ ˈstɜːnˌweɪ /
noun
- nautical movement of a vessel sternforemost
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Suddenly, glancing up at the dim cloud of sails above, I saw that we were aback and making sternway.
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When sufficient sternway had been gathered the engines were put to full speed ahead to check her.
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As far as could be seen, there was now nothing for'ard to prevent the submarine gathering sternway.
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He stopped his ship, and then backed water, making sternway to the Hartford, so as to stop her also.
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The chief asks for the engines to be stopped; sternway is putting purchase on the binding pressure of the rudder.
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