Definition of "aback" in Englisch

adverb

1. (archaic, Geordie) Towards the back or rear; backwards.

2. (archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.

3. By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)

4. (nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.

noun

1. (obsolete, Early Modern) An inscribed stone square.