headmost
Example Sentences
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It was with great delight I found the Orion sail extremely well, and in the morning we were one of the headmost ships of the squadron.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Sir John Ross
Both were riding in straggling clumps, and scarcely two hundred paces separated the rearmost of the pursued from the headmost of the pursuers.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
The headmost rider was a gentleman in a fashionable travelling dress; a little way behind were an officer, two soldiers, and a boy in livery.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
The two headmost French ships then tacked, one placing herself alongside to windward, and the other on the Glatton’s bow, while the other ships engaged her on her lee-quarter and stern.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston
