aback of
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.99 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] to effect which they must beat to windward for several days, between the west end of Cuba and the south coast of East Florida, till they get as far to the eastward as the Pan of Matanzas, a mountain so called, just aback of the town of the same name, say thirty leagues to the east of the Havanna, opposite which the gulph stream turns to a due north direction, which had been before east, and runs three, four, and five knots an hour […]"
- "The question of wind must be matter of inference from the incidents above stated: the movement of the “Lawrence” and “Queen Charlotte,” and the bracing aback of the “Niagara's” topsail."
Etymology
From aback + of.
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
abacka (alternative, Geordie)