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Webster 1913 Edition

Sternway

Stern′wayˊ

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Noun.

(Naut.)

The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.

Definition 2024

sternway

sternway

English

Noun

sternway ‎(plural sternways)

(nautical) a backwards motion of a vessel

Antonyms

headway