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

At the extreme afterpart of the vessel he paused before a door on the port side.

From The Boy Allies Under the Sea by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

He had ensconced himself in a snug and comparatively sheltered corner under the afterpart of the weather-bulwarks.

From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Jos having intimated that they were hungry, in a short time a mess of food was brought for the whole party to the upper raised deck in the afterpart of the vessel.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor