headmost

Example Sentences

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Though he endeavoured to near them, he intended not to make any attack until the Defiance had got abreast of the headmost.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

The English fleet bore up in chase; and, although the Prince of Wales was the worst-sailing ship in the fleet, by carrying a great press of sail she became the headmost.

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

With a fair wind from the north-northwest Captain Foley in the Goliath at 6 p.m. reached the Guerrier, the headmost of the thirteen ships in the enemy line.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

The headmost ship proved a two-decker of at least fifty guns.

From The Story of Commodore John Barry by Griffin, Martin I. J. (Martin Ignatius Joseph)