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.
The afterrake of a ship's hull is both artistic and functional—a ship with more afterrake looks elegant and dangerous (like a sleek predator), but it also affects water flow and speed in specific ways that designers carefully calculate.
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