Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Farthest aft; aftermost.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, situated nearest the stern.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Naut.) Nearest the stern.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Furthest aft , moststernward , as far back as possible.
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Examples
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Kurt, Hans, and others who thought quickly enough scrambled up a ladder to front-row seats atop the aftmost gunmount.
The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972
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A quadrangular sail stretched from the mast by the help, not of a gaff along its top, but of a sprit (or yard) extending from the mast diagonally to the upper aftmost corner of the sail, as in the case of a
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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I replaced the hatch-cover, and having resolved upon the aftmost of the four cabins as my bedroom, entered it to see what kind of accommodation it would yield me.
The Frozen Pirate 1877
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The aftmost portion of Titan’s secondary hull, at the bottom of the central viewer, disgorged a small bright object that quickly dwindled in size until it was lost in the radiant taffy pull of local geomagnetic forces.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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The aftmost portion of Titan’s secondary hull, at the bottom of the central viewer, disgorged a small bright object that quickly dwindled in size until it was lost in the radiant taffy pull of local geomagnetic forces.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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The aftmost portion of Titan’s secondary hull, at the bottom of the central viewer, disgorged a small bright object that quickly dwindled in size until it was lost in the radiant taffy pull of local geomagnetic forces.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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From the aft external monitors of Vanguard, she could not see even the aftmost tip of Sharra’s Gift or Bassoon, though there were no ships between Vanguard and them.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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Gunner’s mate second class Jim Herring had been standing in the spotter’s hatch of Gun 55, the aftmost 5-inch gun, when he saw “the skipper” pull open the deck hatch to the aft steering room and start “bellowing orders.”
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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Gunner’s mate second class Jim Herring had been standing in the spotter’s hatch of Gun 55, the aftmost 5-inch gun, when he saw “the skipper” pull open the deck hatch to the aft steering room and start “bellowing orders.”
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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The floor of it is formed by the aftmost part of the quarter deck, and the roof of it by the poop: it is generally the habitation of the flag-captain. "
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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