the after part of an open boat, occupied by the person in command or by passengers
Word origin
[1475–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1475–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: condense, docket, lanyard, nick, trawl
Examples of 'stern sheets' in a sentence
stern sheets
Joe, Biff and Chet were busy with the fighters in the stern sheets.
Dixon, Franklin W. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK (1960)