afterpart
Example Sentences
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Its afterpart stands clear and showing its skin, like a dissected whale, but its forward part is enclosed in a big tank of water.
From Time Magazine Archive
The entire afterpart of the ship was on fire, and sailors were launching the lifeboat that was on our deck.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
The sailboats are generally small square-sterned sloops, open in the afterpart, but with a cuddy forward.
From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by John N. (John Nathan) Cobb
We had, I should have said, erected a small shed in the afterpart for Marian’s accommodation, which served as her sleeping-place at night, and sheltered her somewhat from the heat of the sun by day.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
The cabin was nothing more than a “toldo”—an arched roof, thatched with leaves of the bossu palm, and covering all the afterpart of the vessel, except a small space for the steersman.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
