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单词 headmost
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Definition of headmost in English:

headmost

adjective ˈhɛdməʊst
archaic
  • (chiefly of a ship) holding a position in advance of others; foremost.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At noon our headmost ships were pretty near them, and between one and two, the Warspite and Dorsetshire began to fire, and were then abreast of the Cardinal rocks.
    • Shute ordered that before the Indians come to meet they fly a ‘British Flagg’ in their ‘headmost Canoo.’
    • At 10 A.M. the headmost vessel fired a shot, and hoisted a red flag.
    • Our admiral had brought his squadron to anchor in a single line, his headmost ship being close to a small island, forming the neck of land upon which the fort of Aboukir is built.
    • We immediately bore down upon them and about nine got close to the weather quarter of the largest and headmost ship.
 
 
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