afterguard

noun3

1. •
   The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails

   • This is his sixth Cup campaign but his first as skipper, a position he inherited after the helmsman Russell Coutts, Butterworth’s longtime alter ego in the afterguard, bolted from Alinghi in 2004. — 2007
2. •
   (historical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.

   • There were times when the whole crew refused their duty; and we of the afterguard were twice got under arms—being the first time that ever I bore weapons—in the fear of mutiny. — 1889
3. •
   A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.