stern sheets
the after part of an open boat, occupied by the person in command or by passengers.
Origin of stern sheets
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How to use stern sheets in a sentence
The captain's white gig having been manned, he seated himself in the stern sheets, a large flag trailing in the water behind him.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandThe coxswain could scarce suppress a grin as the instructor stepped into the stern sheets.
The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. WestermanHis clothes were wet and the stern-sheets were covered with spray.
Legends and Tales | Bret HarteThe captain himself is in the stern-sheets, tiller-lines in hand.
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidIt was she, my wife Bathsheba, laid there by the stern-sheets on a spare-sail, with a bundle of oilskins to cushion her.
Wandering Heath | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
British Dictionary definitions for stern sheets
nautical the part of an open boat near the stern
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