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Definition of Sternmost
1. a. Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
Definition of Sternmost
1. Adjective. Closest to the stern, furthest sternward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternmost
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternmost
Literary usage of Sternmost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... came alongside the sternmost of the French, and soon afterwards lost his right
leg by a chain shot: he refused to remain below, but was laid upon the ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... that of making any use I pleased of his name in ordering any of the sternmost
line-of-battle ships to do what struck me as best ' (ibid. vii. 220). ..."
3. History of the United States of America by Henry Adams (1921)
"A dam erected below the sternmost boat had raised the water about two feet.
Still there was a very considerable fall from the river; and through which, ..."
4. An Essay on Naval Tactics: Systematical and Historical, with Explanatory by John Clerk (1827)
"... that the headmost, or any one of these ships, by keeping her wind, shall
attempt to pierce between any one of the sternmost of the enemy's ships, ..."
5. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1837)
"... at 5 minutes past 6 ranged up on the starboard side of the sternmost ship,
about 300 yards distant, and commenced the action by broadsides, ..."
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