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

In the meantime the afterpart of the brig had gone to pieces, and the foot of the rock was strewn with a vast number of things sent up by the waves.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

The head was attached to the afterpart of the maintop.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)

We will see, however, what is to be found in the afterpart of the ship.”

From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.