Adjective : The aftermost sail is called a spanker. From Dictionary.com.
So saying, he led the way to the aftermost mess on the port side of the ship. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
As a aftermost resort you can consistently analysis out car allotment banker magazines. From Wordnik.com. [car genitalia Auto PARTS] Reference
By leaving the aftermost sail half hoisted he turned the ship into a giant weather vane. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
If the aftermost mast is not square-rigged, the order is foremast, main, mizzen and jigger. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
Sancho was seated on the captain's stage, close to the aftermost rower on the right – hand side. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
Satisfied, they waved to the craft commanders, who lit off the three engines in each of the aftermost pair. From Wordnik.com. [Red Storm Rising]
The lady hole was the aftermost corner of the Pucelle's hold, a triangular space made where the hull supported the rudder. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
The shot came in our third aftermost port on the starboard side, and dismounted the carronade, smashing the slide and wounding three men. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
The doors of the aftermost ones were however still closed. From Wordnik.com. [Won from the Waves] Reference
I was stationed to the four aftermost carronades on the quarter-deck. From Wordnik.com. [Rattlin the Reefer] Reference
And so they followed into a small dining-room in the aftermost house. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
Hornblower had cleared away the aftermost six-pounder on the port side. From Wordnik.com. [Flying Colours]
The aftermost keel piece joins the stern-post, on which the rudder hangs. From Wordnik.com. [All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways] Reference
The shot from the 'Shannon's' aftermost guns now took a diagonal direction. From Wordnik.com. [Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 2] Reference
One shot cut the aftermost main-shroud; another went through the boat on the booms. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer] Reference
Sancho was seated on the captain's stage, close to the aftermost rower on the right-hand side. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete] Reference
Dominick having glided somewhat astern of the sealer, only the aftermost one could be brought to bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Piazza Tales] Reference
I knocked at the door of the ladies 'cabin, the aftermost suite on the boat, and, at first, had no answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive] Reference
McTavish and the purser had, however, managed to run out one of the carronades from the aftermost port of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Lieutenants] Reference
His voice rings out: 'Weather crossjack brace!' which means hauling the lowest and aftermost square sail more to windward. From Wordnik.com. [All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways] Reference
The two aftermost guns were accordingly once more very carefully pointed and fired, Captain Staunton giving the word as before. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific] Reference
The leading frigate, now coming up on our starboard quarter, opened fire, and we, luffing up, returned it with our aftermost guns. From Wordnik.com. [Paddy Finn] Reference
Fred Harper was the aftermost rower; and the instructor asked him to vacate his seat, which Ben took himself, with the oar in his hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton] Reference
"Humph!" said Ramsey, arching her brows to old Joy and the Gilmores and by her own glance directing theirs to the aftermost figure in the yawl. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
Meantime Lord Cochrane headed the aftermost division; and the enemy, thus unexpectedly assailed fore and aft, were driven a confused mass into the waist. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Lost] Reference
In the ruins of the aftermost cabin he had found a considerable sum of money, quite enough to provide for himself and companions without applying to anyone for help. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
The frigate kept firing rapidly her foremost guns at the Frenchman, who replied to them in a spirited manner with his aftermost ones, as they could be brought to bear. From Wordnik.com. [James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat] Reference
Only his glance swerved swiftly to a fastened door in the forward partition -- his stateroom being the aftermost of three that might be thrown together to form a suite. From Wordnik.com. [The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf] Reference
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