Alow
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In or to a low place, or a lower part; below; down: opposed to
aloft.
Afire; in a flame.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adverb.
Below; in a lower part.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adverb.
below
; towards the
lower
part of the
rigging
, or towards the
decks
adjective.
in the lower part of the rigging, or on the decks
Word Usage
"Once, however, I was not ordered "alow," but "aloft;" once I was allowed to have my fill of climbing."
cross-reference
aloft
to gang alow
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
below