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

Bates conducted another down below in the afterpart of the ship.

From Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow by Webb, Archibald

We managed, however, to fit a small cabin for Marian in the afterpart with a spare sail, into which she could retire to rest.

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

Meantime the sea had made a breach over the afterpart of the ship, carrying away portions of the bulwarks.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor