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stern knee

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stern⋅son

  [sturn-suhn]
–noun
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
Also called stern knee.

Origin:
1840–50; stern 2 + (keel)son
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stern knee  
n.  See sternson.
stern·son   (stûrn'sən)   
n.   Nautical
A bar of metal or wood set between the keelson and the sternpost to fortify the joint. Also called stern knee.

[stern2 + (keel)son.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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