- Afterguard
- Afterguard Aft"er*guard`, n. (Naut.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Afterguard
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