sternward
[ sturn-werd ]
/ ˈstɜrn wərd /
adverb
toward the stern; astern.
Words nearby sternward
sternson,
sternum,
sternutation,
sternutator,
sternutatory,
sternward,
sternwards,
sternway,
sternwheel,
sternwheeler,
steroid
Example sentences from the Web for sternward
Sternward on the deck, by the lounge oval, I could see Miko standing.
She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.
The Million Dollar Mystery |Harold MacGrathIn the end, when the afternoon was waxing late, the sternward vessel stood up so that every detail of her loomed plain.
Poor Man's Rock |Bertrand W. Sinclair