Sternpost

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sternpost \Stern"post`\, n. (Naut.)
     A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected
     on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and
     receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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