Meaning

1 senses
  1. A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

    Achtersteven, Hintersteven

    ахтерште́веньaxterštévenʹ

    (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
timber or bar at the stern of a vessel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
timber or bar at the stern of a vessel:

Origin

From stern + post.

From stern + post.

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Forms

plural: sternposts
Singularsternpost
Pluralsternposts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sternpost — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto