headmost
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The crested leader, proud and high, Tossed his beamed frontlet to the sky, A moment gazed adown the dale, A moment snuffed the tainted gale; Then, as the headmost foe appeared.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon
Three hours later the headmost vessels were at the rude piers, and the people were swarming ashore.
From Roger Davis, Loyalist by Baird, Frank
Implies anything in the rear, or farthest astern, as opposed to headmost.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
“Land ahead!” was now cried out by Krantz, who was in the headmost boat, and the news was received with a shout of joy from the raft and the boats.
From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick
Position of the hostile fleets on the morning of the 23rd June 1795, when the headmost ships brought the rear of the enemy to action.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir
