helm port

American  

noun

1. the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.

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Etymology

Origin of helm port

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The 19th we shipped much sea at the helm port, and at the hole abaft in my gallery, about two hours after midnight, which wet some of our bales of cloth.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert

A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port, through which the rudder-stock is introduced.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir