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
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
The cabin was nothing more than a “toldo”—an arched roof, thatched with leaves of the bossu palm, and covering all the afterpart of the vessel, except a small space for the steersman.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
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 W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
