headmost

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She was, before morning of the 23rd, the headmost ship of the fleet; and, before six o'clock, was the first which actually began the action with one of the enemy's largest ships.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

The tents were scarcely pitched before we saw two kaiyacks coming towards us from the westward, and the man in the headmost accepted, without hesitation, our invitation to land.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

The brig, which was the headmost of the two vessels, was now nearly crossing our stern.

From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick

Cobb being the headmost passes the Narrows, but is too late to get over the Falls and obliged to come too in a little cove below.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

They well knew that they were but an inferior and subordinate branch of the Glendinnings, bound in perpetual feudal fealty to its headmost representative.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman