A boat is said to be taken flat aback when, owing to a sudden shift of wind or alteration of course, the wind suddenly fills the sails on their wrong side and so reduces the boat's speed or gives her sternway.
Isikhephe kuthiwa sithathwa ngokuthe tyaba ngokumangalisayo xa kufuneka senze intshukumo ekhawulezileyo kumoya okanye kulungiso lwendlela, umoya ukhawuleza ungene kuqhutyo ngamacala ayo angalunganga kwaye lucutha isantya kwisikhephe okanye sinikela umva waso kude.