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

He had ensconced himself in a snug and comparatively sheltered corner under the afterpart of the weather-bulwarks.

From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

In the meantime the afterpart of the brig had gone to pieces, and the foot of the rock was strewn with a vast number of things sent up by the waves.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

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 Reid, Mayne