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  • But at last he arrived at the partition dividing the aftercabin, and found the door opening into the magazine itself.

    The Mysterious Island 2005

  • But at last he arrived at the partition dividing the aftercabin, and found the door opening into the magazine itself.

    The Mysterious Island 2005

  • Mother and I walk briskly up and down the deck together or else sit aft under the awning or in the aftercabin, with the gun ports open and ready . . . he wrote to their son Kermit.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • Mother and I walk briskly up and down the deck together or else sit aft under the awning or in the aftercabin, with the gun ports open and ready . . . he wrote to their son Kermit.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • As a young boy in the 1800s, he was neither child nor adult; as cabin boy and apprentice, he was neither foremast hand nor part of the aftercabin.

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

  • Also, the forward part of the vessel where the sailors live, as opposed to the officers, who live in the “afterdeck” or “aftercabin.”

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

  • He dove through the aftercabin to his chartroom, grabbed what he could, then stumbled blindly back on deck where the crew hauled provisions to the rail.

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

  • As both foremast hand and cabin boy, Cox had a privileged glimpse into the lives of all crew members, traversing the gap between forecastle and aftercabin with ease.

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

  • The _Kittlewake_ was equipped with three cabins; a forecastle and aftercabin, both below the main deck, built largely for stormy weather, and a fair-weather cabin in the center of the main deck.

    Curlie Carson Listens In 1918

  • saloon: the messroom in a sailing ship, usually in the aftercabin, where the officers are served their meals.

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

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