The doors of the aftermost ones were however still closed.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
She was a ship very similar to what we now call a corvette, having a single battery of long heavy guns, and a high-raised deck at the aftermost part, on which was placed an armament of small brass pieces and swivel-guns, with a few pieces of the same calibre on her topgallant-forecastle; so that, although her purposes might in general have been peaceful, she was, if properly manoeuvred, fully able to make a stout resistance against any vessel under the class of a large frigate.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
Sancho was seated on the captain's stage, close to the aftermost rower on the right-hand side.
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra