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sternpost

[ sturn-pohst ]

noun

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


sternpost

/ ˈstɜːnˌpəʊst /

noun

  1. nautical the main upright timber or structure at the stern of a vessel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sternpost1

First recorded in 1570–80; stern 2 + post 1
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Example Sentences

In another house was the sternpost of a vessel, probably part of a wreck driven across from the coast of Africa.

And as he went, one of that ghostly crew went also, and stood as he stood, with outstretched arm set on the dim sternpost.

It hit her sternpost, smashed her rudder and propellers, and tore a great hole in her run.

A tree may be found, which, when hewed, will form the sternpost and keel in one length.

Singularly enough a part of it was used for the sternpost of the frigate Essex.

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