<P> This list of ship directions explains dozens of related terms such as fore, aft, astern, aboard, or topside . For background, see below: Origins . </P> <Dl> <Dt> abaft (preposition) </Dt> <Dd> at or toward the stern of a ship, or further back from a location, e.g. the mizzenmast is abaft the mainmast . </Dd> <Dt> aboard </Dt> <Dd> onto or within a ship, or in a group . </Dd> <Dt> above </Dt> <Dd> a higher deck of the ship . </Dd> <Dt> aft (adjective) </Dt> <Dd> toward the stern (rear) of a ship . </Dd> <Dt> adrift </Dt> <Dd> floating in the water without propulsion . </Dd> <Dt> aground </Dt> <Dd> resting on the shore or wedged against the sea floor . </Dd> <Dt> ahull </Dt> <Dd> with sails furled and helm lashed alee . </Dd> <Dt> alee </Dt> <Dd> on or toward the lee (the downwind side). </Dd> <Dt> aloft </Dt> <Dd> the stacks, masts, rigging, or other area above the highest solid structure . </Dd> <Dt> amidships </Dt> <Dd> near the middle part of a ship . </Dd> <Dt> aport </Dt> <Dd> toward the port side of a ship (opposite of "astarboard"). </Dd> <Dt> ashore </Dt> <Dd> on or towards the shore or land . </Dd> <Dt> astarboard </Dt> <Dd> toward the starboard side of a ship (opposite of "aport"). </Dd> <Dt> astern (adjective) </Dt> <Dd> toward the rear of a ship (opposite of "forward"). </Dd> <Dt> athwartships </Dt> <Dd> toward the sides of a ship . </Dd> <Dt> aweather </Dt> <Dd> toward the weather or windward side of a ship . </Dd> <Dt> aweigh </Dt> <Dd> just clear of the sea floor, as with an anchor . </Dd> <Dt> below </Dt> <Dd> a lower deck of the ship . </Dd> <Dt> belowdecks </Dt> <Dd> inside or into a ship, or down to a lower deck . </Dd> <Dt> bilge </Dt> <Dd> the underwater part of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides </Dd> <Dt> bottom </Dt> <Dd> the lowest part of the ship's hull . </Dd> <Dt> bow or stem </Dt> <Dd> front of a ship (opposite of "stern") </Dd> <Dt> centerline </Dt> <Dd> an imaginary, central line drawn from the bow to the stern . </Dd> <Dt> fore or forward </Dt> <Dd> at or toward the front of a ship or further ahead of a location (opposite of "aft") </Dd> <Dt> inboard </Dt> <Dd> attached inside the ship . </Dd> <Dt> keel </Dt> <Dd> the bottom structure of a ship's hull . </Dd> <Dt> leeward </Dt> <Dd> side or direction away from the wind (opposite of "windward"). </Dd> <Dt> on deck </Dt> <Dd> to an outside or muster deck (as "all hands on deck"). </Dd> <Dt> on board </Dt> <Dd> somewhere on or in the ship . </Dd> <Dt> outboard </Dt> <Dd> attached outside the ship . </Dd> <Dt> port </Dt> <Dd> the left side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of "starboard"). </Dd> <Dt> starboard </Dt> <Dd> the right side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of "port"). </Dd> <Dt> stern </Dt> <Dd> the rear of a ship (opposite of "bow"). </Dd> <Dt> topside </Dt> <Dd> on the ship's main weather deck . </Dd> <Dt> underdeck </Dt> <Dd> a lower deck of a ship . </Dd> <Dt> yardarm </Dt> <Dd> an end of a yard spar below a sail . </Dd> <Dt> waterline </Dt> <Dd> where the water surface meets the ship's hull . </Dd> <Dt> weather </Dt> <Dd> side or direction from which wind blows (same as "windward"). </Dd> <Dt> windward </Dt> <Dd> side or direction from which wind blows (opposite of "leeward"). </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> abaft (preposition) </Dt>

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