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

The sailboats are generally small square-sterned sloops, open in the afterpart, but with a cuddy forward.

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)

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

The head was attached to the afterpart of the maintop.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)