Afterrake

/ˈæftərˌreɪk/ noun

In shipbuilding, the backward angle or slant of a ship's stern relative to a vertical line through the keel.

Compound of 'after' and 'rake' (origin uncertain, possibly from Scandinavian languages). This nautical architecture term has been used since the 1600s.

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