aftermost

Definition

Nearest the stern of a vessel.

Etymology

From Old English æftemest.

Example Sentences

• "All the after-most part of the ship, is called the sterne (by a generall appellation) but most exactly considered, only the very outwardmost part abaft is the sterne;"
• "My station during the engagement was on the middle-deck, where I was quartered with another boy, to bring powder to the aftermost gun;"
• "[…] at night I slept on a blanket thrown on the deck boards at the aftermost end of the round-house, and right in the draught of the two doors."