sternsonn.
/ˈstəːnsən/ Nautical.
a. In a wooden vessel, the knee-shaped timber fitted into the angle formed by the junction of stern-post and kelson in order to secure the joint.
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1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 322 Sternson, or Stern knee, a piece of compass timber forming a continuation of a vessel's keelson, and extending over the deadwood to the stern-post, which is secured to it by bolts.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 66 The ‘sternson’, or ‘inner post’..bears the same relation to the stern post that the stemson does the stem.
b. sternson-knee n. (in the same sense).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > parts supporting stern-post
crutch1769
heel knee1830
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clutch1850
oxter-plate1884
1849 H. W. Longfellow Building of Ship in Seaside & Fireside 17 Stemson and keelson and sternson-knee.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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