aftermost
Example Sentences
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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
Lead aft to a snatch block fast to the aftermost ringbolts and forward free.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
At the conclusion, a double-headed shot, from our aftermost gun, carried away his foremast by the board; that took away his bowsprit and maintopgallant-mast.
From Privateers and Privateering by Statham, E. P.
