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 Hoggans, T.

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 Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

Around the afterpart of the standing room is a seat, the ballast is floored over, and two little bunks and a stove generally help to furnish the cuddy.

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)