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)

The sailboats are generally small square-sterned sloops, open in the afterpart, but with a cuddy forward.

From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by Cobb, John N. (John Nathan)

We had the afterpart of the little ship entirely to ourselves; the captain came and went, but never offered to approach.

From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)