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 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)
The head was attached to the afterpart of the maintop.
From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)
“A man overboard!” exclaimed some one from the afterpart of the deck.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
