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Meaning of sternway | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Movement towards the stern; backwards motion of a vessel.

Examples

“The mass of iron fell half in-board upon the now stayed boat, and gave her sternway, with a splintered plank.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sternwheel sternwheeler Steroid steroid dementia steroidogenesis steroidome

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