Stern.
(Shipwrighting.) The after part of a vessel. The rail around the upper edge is the taffrail. The stern terminates below at the junction of the stern-post with the keel. Sterns are round or square. A ship is said to be down by the stern when drawing more water aft than forward. Of the parts in a vessel's stern, — S is the stern-post. K, keel. D T, dovetail-plates. I, inner stern-post. D, deadwood. D K, deadwood-knee. S S, sternson. T, deck-transom. F, false keel. K S, keelson.
Parts in a vessel's stern. |