stern sheets


plural nounNautical.
  1. the after part of an open boat, occupied by the person in command or by passengers.

Origin of stern sheets

1
First recorded in 1475–85

Words Nearby 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 Kielland
  • The coxswain could scarce suppress a grin as the instructor stepped into the stern sheets.

    The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. Westerman
  • His clothes were wet and the stern-sheets were covered with spray.

    Legends and Tales | Bret Harte
  • The captain himself is in the stern-sheets, tiller-lines in hand.

    The Land of Fire | Mayne Reid
  • It 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

stern sheets

pl n
  1. nautical the part of an open boat near the stern

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