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1. Turning a sailing ship so the wind hits the forward face of the sail. Done to create a braking effect to a sailing ship. It is detrimental when a sailing ship accidentally goes aback when tacking as it quickly loses its momentum. 2. A sailor might be said to be "all aback" if he/she is confused or surprised.
adj surprised; taken aback: I was completely gobsmacked... I didnÂ’t even know she was pregnant.
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adv.
Toward the back or rear; backward.
adv. & a.
Braced aback.
v. t.
To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
v. t.
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
v. t.
To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
n.
An abacus.
adv.
Behind; in the rear.
adv.
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
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