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Definition of Aftmost

Aftmost
Aftmost Aft"most, a. (Naut.) Nearest the stern.

Meaning of Aftmost from wikipedia

- mast, mainmast, and any additional masts are rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) is rigged fore and aft. Sometimes...
- the spanker is a gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the aftmost mast. Spankers are also called driver, jigger, and pusher sail. On a schooner...
- in the White Star buff with black tops; only three were functional—the aftmost one was a dummy, installed for aesthetic purposes, and used for providing...
- the main mizzen. Jigger-mast: typically, where it is the shortest, the aftmost mast on vessels with more than three masts. Sections: jigger-mast lower...
- athwart and below the bowsprit. One or two spankers are carried aft of the aftmost mast, if two they are called the upper spanker and lower spanker. A fore-and-aft...
- (motorized), a railway car mostly used for maintenance Jiggermast, the aftmost mast of a four-masted sailing ship "Jigger", a work by Li Cheng (painter)...
- onboard p****enger watercraft used for suntanning. Sweep deck: (naval) The aftmost deck on a minesweeper, set close to the waterline for ease in launch and...
- anchorage. Note specialized features including the exit door between the two aftmost gunports; the chain securing an escape boat; an aperture below the exit...
- four single mounts. She also mounted fourteen 20 mm Oerlikons. Her two aftmost 4-inch mountings were removed, and the remainder ****ed with Remote Power...
- was extinguished within three hours, and major damage was limited to the aftmost sections of decks 3, 4, and 5. As a precaution, all p****engers were required...