Sternson

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

  Sternson \Stern"son\, n. [See {Stern}, n., and cf. {Stemson}.]
     (Naut.)
     The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is
     bolted; -- called also {stern knee}.
     [1913 Webster]