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

At the extreme afterpart of the vessel he paused before a door on the port side.

From The Boy Allies Under the Sea by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

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

He’s coming round though,” said a voice from the afterpart of the ship.

From The Boy who sailed with Blake by Kingston, William Henry Giles