AFTERMOST • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Aftermost

... Chesapeake in attempting to haul her foresail up fell on board the Shannon, whose starboard bower anchor locked with the Shannon's mizen chains. The great guns, with the exception of the Shannon's two aftermost guns ceased firing. The Chesapeake's stern was beaten in, and her decks swept. There was now a sharp fire of musketry from both sides, but Captain Broke perceiving that the Chesapeake's men had left their guns, called up his boarders, at the same time ...

— The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation - Volume 1 • Charles Roger