backwatered

One of his armored ships with a battering ram at last broke a hole in the wall, then backwatered to allow a trireme with crack Macedonian marines to anchor at the gap.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

One of his armored ships with a battering ram at last broke a hole in the wall, then backwatered to allow a trireme with crack Macedonian marines to anchor at the gap.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

One of his armored ships with a battering ram at last broke a hole in the wall, then backwatered to allow a trireme with crack Macedonian marines to anchor at the gap.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

For a moment the boats lay dead in the water, their rowers having dug in their paddles and backwatered when the tracers started whipping in front of them.

The Village Bing West 2000

For a moment the boats lay dead in the water, their rowers having dug in their paddles and backwatered when the tracers started whipping in front of them.

The Village Bing West 2000

For a moment the boats lay dead in the water, their rowers having dug in their paddles and backwatered when the tracers started whipping in front of them.

The Village Bing West 2000

For a moment the boats lay dead in the water, their rowers having dug in their paddles and backwatered when the tracers started whipping in front of them.

The Village Bing West 2000

Fitzgerald put every ounce of his remaining strength behind his strokes, while Hartney backwatered “like mad.”

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

Fitzgerald put every ounce of his remaining strength behind his strokes, while Hartney backwatered “like mad.”

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

The fat man backwatered in-shore; the smile set and horrible on his face.

The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900