stern-boardn.1
1.
a. A board forming the flat part of the stern of a small vessel, punt, etc.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > flat part
stern-board1850
stern-piece1895
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 88/1 The stern-board of some small vessel or other.
1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 104 Working the stern-board in was the worst piece of the whole work to do.
b. transferred. The tail-board of a cart.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > board at back
tail-board1807
tailgate1868
end-gate1873
stern-board1887
1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxvi. 116 Carts were tipped up in corners, and their stores..were guarded by a boy.., who sat on the sternboard.
2. Nautical. In phrase to make a stern-board, to go backwards as the result of tacking; also, to force a ship astern with the sails.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > go astern
to fall astern1599
to back water1808
to make a stern-board1815
stern1845
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) at Board To make a stern Board, is when, by a current, or any other accident, the vessel has fallen back from the point she has gained on the last tack, instead of having advanced beyond it.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy (1886) 147 Making a stern board. It is effected by throwing the sails aback.
1897 A. Ansted Dict. Sea Terms 271 Her next course must be in a direction W.S.W...which is actually going backwards, or in other words, she then makes a stern board.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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