Structure behind the mizzenmast on a large sailing ship, usually containing the captain's cabin.
1 Argoth leapt up the stairs to the aftercastle and raced to the stern.
2 Argoth's quarters lay in the stern under the aftercastle , but he did not inspect them.
3 The aftercastle swept back out over the water farther than any ship Argoth had ever seen.
4 The raised bridge, the aftercastle and observation decks and lounges, became steep knolls skinned in topsoil.
5 In the middle of the aftercastle stood a railing like something you might put around a pulpit.
6 A midshipman appeared at Argoth's side and relayed that the Divine requested his presence up on the deck of the aftercastle .
7 She raced a couple of steps, rounded the aftercastle , and saw a lanky young man standing on the deck in the starlight.
8 It coiled one end about the bowl, the rest of its body stretching along the aftercastle and ending far out over the water.
9 At the same time the cumbrous forecastles and aftercastles , which must have been equally inconvenient both in action and in a sea way, were removed.
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