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

It seemed to embrace the whole afterpart of the ship, and everything one of the forked tongues of fire was projected against burst into flame itself.

From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.

He’s coming round though,” said a voice from the afterpart of the ship.

From The Boy who sailed with Blake by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Whether a sufficient number of tension wires remained to adequately support the afterpart of the nacelle remained a matter of doubt.

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)