sternson

[ sturn-suhn ]

noun

1. a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.

sternson

/ ˈstɜːnsən /

noun

1. nautical a timber scarfed into or bolted to the sternpost and keelson at the stern of a wooden vessel Compare stemson

Word History and Origins

Origin of sternson¹

First recorded in 1840–50; stern ² + (keel)son

Word History and Origins

Origin of sternson¹

C19: from stern ² + -son, on the model of keelson