sternson

[ sturn-suhn ]

noun
  1. a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.

Origin of sternson

1
First recorded in 1840–50; stern2 + (keel)son
  • Also called stern knee .

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British Dictionary definitions for sternson

sternson

/ (ˈstɜːnsən) /


noun
  1. nautical a timber scarfed into or bolted to the sternpost and keelson at the stern of a wooden vessel: Compare stemson

Origin of sternson

1
C19: from stern ² + -son, on the model of keelson

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