apoop
English
Etymology
a- + poop
Adverb
apoop (not comparable)
- (nautical) On the poop; astern.
- 1839, Washington Irving, A History of New York
- Thus, she made as much lee-way as head-way, could get along very nearly as fast with the wind ahead as when it was apoop, and was particularly great in a calm.
- 1839, Washington Irving, A History of New York