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)

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 first impulse of everyone was to spring to the afterpart of our craft, as far as possible from its huge fangs.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat