Definitionn. (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel
Last update: July 10, 2015
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Here he crammed oakum, brimstone and other combustibles between the rudder and the sternpost, and set the whole on fire. [Please select]
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In another house was the sternpost of a vessel, probably part of a wreck driven across from the coast of Africa. [Please select]
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Accordingly, it had one hundred feet in the beam, one hundred feet in the keel, and one hundred feet from the bottom of the sternpost to the tafferel. [Please select]
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