(chiefly of a ship) holding a position in advance of others; foremost.
〈古〉（多指船只） 领头的，最前面的
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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.