Crossword clues for sternpost
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sternpost \Stern"post`\, n. (Naut.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.
WordNet
n. (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel
Wikipedia
A sternpost is the upright structural member or post at the stern of a (generally wooden) ship or a boat, to which are attached the transoms and the rearmost left corner part of the stern.
The sternpost may either be completely vertical or may be tilted or "raked" slightly aft. It rests on or "fays to" the ship's keel.
Usage examples of "sternpost".
He stood on the aftercastle, his eyes darting about as he watched the fluttering ribbons on the rigging which showed the direction of the wind relative to the ship, the set of the sail, the waves coming up behind the sternpost, and the dark, menacing line of the shore, which seemed to be creeping closer.
They were ships of the old Norse type, double-ended with high curved stems and sternposts, mostly decorated with dragons' heads and tails.
Turning it upside down on the grass, he sat all morning studying the lines, and the subtle manner in which straight expanses of wood merged with round, and how various segments combined to form bow and sternposts, and from this most ancient of shapes, dating back ten thousand years or more, he began to appreciate what could be done and what must be done.
Small open boats scuttled through the darkness, the square lanterns atop their tall sternposts making it seem as if fireflies skittered across the harbor.
Designs found on pre-Columbian clay pottery show twodecker boats sporting raised stem and sternposts with carved serpent heads similar to the dragons gracing Viking longships.