stemhead
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Her subtle clipper bow extended proudly from the waterline to the anchor roller on the stemhead, giving her the authoritative presence that we normally ascribe to the rugged and seaworthy North Atlantic swordfish boats.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was just as if they had spied us, and I half expected to see the tall stemhead of the ship come towering through the thickness over our rail.
From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
The band also passed over a stemhead and ran to the deck, having been shaped over the head of the stem by heating and molding over a pattern.
From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)
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