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
Meantime the sea had made a breach over the afterpart of the ship, carrying away portions of the bulwarks.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
We have rallied on the afterpart of the deck, and hold it still; but there is no time to be lost.”
From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by T. Hoggans
He had ensconced himself in a snug and comparatively sheltered corner under the afterpart of the weather-bulwarks.
From The Red Eric by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
