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Definition of Sternson
1. n. The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
Definition of Sternson
1. Noun. (nautical) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; called also stern knee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternson
1. a reinforcing post of a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternson
Literary usage of Sternson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture: Being the Article by Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1841)
"Timbers which for a similar purpose cross the sternson or keelson aft, are called
crutches. These hooks and crutches are frequently combinations of timber, ..."
2. Days at the Factories: Or, The Manufacturing Industry of Great Britain by George Dodd (1843)
"... and the sternson rise from the two ends of the keelson, and form internal
supports to the ends of the vessel. The timbers are often strengthened within ..."
3. British Manufactures by George Dodd (1845)
"Among the timbers which are subsequently adjusted to the vessel are three, called
the keelson, the sternson, ..."
4. Naval Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and by Samuel James Pope Thearle (1876)
"... or sternson, and were bolted to these and to the frames, the bolts in the
former being clenched on the independent piece, and those through the timbers ..."
5. International Motor Cyclopaedia ...: Year Book (1908)
"Stern-knee, or sternson.—A timber forming a continuation of the keel, and bolted to
... sternson.—The same as stern-knee, qv Sternbergh, HM—Près, and Gen. ..."
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