afterguard

See also: after-guard

English

From after- +‎ guard.

afterguard (plural afterguards)

(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
- 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Master of Ballantrae, Cassell, Chapter IX,
  There were times when the whole crew refused their duty; and we of the afterguard were twice got under arms—being the first time that ever I bore weapons—in the fear of mutiny.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12,
  Yet from something in the outline and carriage, Billy took him to be, and correctly, one of the afterguard.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
- 2007 July 3, Christopher Clarey, “A Familiar Foe Blocks New Zealand’s Path”, in New York Times‎:
  This is his sixth Cup campaign but his first as skipper, a position he inherited after the helmsman Russell Coutts, Butterworth’s longtime alter ego in the afterguard, bolted from Alinghi in 2004.
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.

单词	afterguard
释义	afterguard See also: after-guard English Etymology From after- +‎ guard. Noun afterguard (plural afterguards) (historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails. 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Master of Ballantrae, Cassell, Chapter IX, There were times when the whole crew refused their duty; and we of the afterguard were twice got under arms—being the first time that ever I bore weapons—in the fear of mutiny. 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, Yet from something in the outline and carriage, Billy took him to be, and correctly, one of the afterguard. (sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails 2007 July 3, Christopher Clarey, “A Familiar Foe Blocks New Zealand’s Path”, in New York Times‎: This is his sixth Cup campaign but his first as skipper, a position he inherited after the helmsman Russell Coutts, Butterworth’s longtime alter ego in the afterguard, bolted from Alinghi in 2004. A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work. Derived terms afterguardsman
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