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

The larger portion of their gallant ship had disappeared, but the afterpart still remained entire.

From The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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)

Our craft was completely decked over, and a cabin raised in the afterpart for Marian and my father.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat