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sternpost::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | timber |
Examples of sternpost
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If the stern had transoms above the wing transom, they would no longer be affixed to the sternpost.
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Divers, nevertheless, recovered a sternpost and rudder, but the tiller and everything else above was missing.
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Scheme of a sternpost-mounted medieval rudder.
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Brunel reported in June 1857 that once the screw, screw shaft and sternpost had been installed the ship would be ready for launching.
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Advances in shipbuilding included the multi-masted ships with lateen sails, the sternpost-mounted rudder and the skeleton-first hull construction.
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Chinese stern rudders also featured tackles, but, unlike their medieval and Arab counterparts, had no sternpost to which to attach them.
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The stern frame provided the foundational structure of the transom stern, and was composed of the sternpost, wing transom, and fashion piece.
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There is no evidence to support the contention that the sternpost-mounted rudder came from China, and no need to call on exterior sources for its introduction into the Mediterranean.
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The stern is the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.
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- (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel
- A sternpost is the upright structural member or post at the stern of a (generally wooden) ship or a boat, to which is attached the transoms and the rearmost left corner part of the stern. ...
- A long straight piece of timber erected on the end of the keel to form the rear end of a ship and to support the rudder.
- An upright member rising from the after end of a keel; a rudderpost or propeller post.
- Main member at stern of a ship extending from keel to deck
