sternforemost

[ sturn-fawr-mohst, -fohr- or, esp. British, -muh st ]
/ ˌstɜrnˈfɔr moʊst, -ˈfoʊr- or, esp. British, -məst /

adverb

Nautical. with the stern foremost.
awkwardly; with difficulty.

Origin of sternforemost

First recorded in 1830–40; stern2 + foremost

Words nearby sternforemost

sternalgia, sternberg, sternberg-reed cell, sterne, sternebra, sternforemost, sternite, sternmost, sterno, sterno-, sternoclavicular

British Dictionary definitions for sternforemost

sternforemost
/ (ˈstɜːnˈfɔːməʊst) /

adverb

nautical backwards