sternpost

[ sturn-pohst ]

nounNautical.

an upright member rising from the after end of a keel; a rudderpost or propeller post.

Origin of sternpost

First recorded in 1570–80; stern² + post¹

Also called body post.

Words Nearby sternpost

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How to use sternpost in a sentence

In another house was the sternpost of a vessel, probably part of a wreck driven across from the coast of Africa.
Notable Voyagers | W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
And as he went, one of that ghostly crew went also, and stood as he stood, with outstretched arm set on the dim sternpost.
A Sea Queen's Sailing | Charles Whistler
It hit her sternpost, smashed her rudder and propellers, and tore a great hole in her run.
The World Peril of 1910 | George Griffith
A tree may be found, which, when hewed, will form the sternpost and keel in one length.
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory | Lucien Turner
Singularly enough a part of it was used for the sternpost of the frigate Essex.
Historic Homes | Mary H. Northend

British Dictionary definitions for sternpost

sternpost

/ (ˈstɜːnˌpəʊst) /

noun

nautical the main upright timber or structure at the stern of a vessel

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