headmost

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“I feel somewhat inclined to squeak, as a hare does when a greyhound catches hold of her, but I won’t,” said Jack, as the headmost canoe got almost up to them.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

“Don’t any of you fire till I tell you,” he said to his men, while he took aim so as to strike the ground a few yards in front of the headmost of the party.

From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

The headmost fired a shot at the schooner—to try the range, I suppose—but it fell short.

From The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Implies anything in the rear, or farthest astern, as opposed to headmost.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

The headmost one, a frigate, signalled to us to heave-to, an order our captain very unwillingly obeyed.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald