stern sheets
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of stern sheets
First recorded in 1475–85
Example Sentences
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Seated in the stern sheets were small King Victor Emmanuel and large Queen Elena of Italy, swathed in pearls.
From Time Magazine Archive
His services were needed to fight old England's enemies, and away he would go in the stern sheets of the press boat, bitter curses on his lips and irons on his wrists.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
His oarsmen were two, with a child to steer, and Somali Jack with the rifles in the stern sheets.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
He found her deep in a magazine and in the stern sheets of the boat, which was moored in the inlet.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Half-an-hour later he appeared, to all intents and purposes, to be lying in the stern sheets fast asleep.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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