aftermost

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The aftermost of these was the cabin, where hung the cots of the captain and Riland himself.

From Slate • May 18, 2015

To keep the profile in balance, Disdale has pulled the aftermost portion of the bulwark inward a slight bit and painted it a light gray, the universally favored hue for marine camouflage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lead aft to a snatch block fast to the aftermost ringbolts and forward free.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 5:50 p.m. the Shannon’s aftermost main-deck gun was fired, and the two combatants exchanged broadsides.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

How could the whereabouts of an aching tooth be better pointed out to an operative dentist than Jack's "'Tis the aftermost grinder aloft, on the starboard quarter."

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir