sternpost

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noun

A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

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Meanings

nounsternpost (plural sternposts)

plural sternposts

  1. nauticalA timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

Origin

From stern + post.

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Translations

Bulgarian ахтерщевен
  • ахтерщевен (ahteršteven)timber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Catalan codast
  • codasttimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Dutch achtersteven
  • achtersteventimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Finnish perävannas
  • perävannastimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
French étambot
  • étambottimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
German Achtersteven, Hintersteven
  • Achtersteventimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
  • Hintersteventimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Greek ποδόστημα, ποδόσταμο
  • ποδόστημα (podóstima)timber or bar at the stern of a vessel
  • ποδόσταμο (podóstamo)timber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Hebrew מְזוּזַת הַיַרְכָתַיִם
  • מְזוּזַת הַיַרְכָתַיִם (mezuzat hayarkhatayim)timber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Icelandic afturstefni
  • afturstefnitimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Italian dritto di poppa, dritto del timone
  • dritto di poppatimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
  • dritto del timonetimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Japanese 船尾材
  • 船尾材 (senbizai)timber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Māori taurapa
  • taurapatimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Norwegian Bokmål bakstevn, bakstavn
  • bakstevntimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
  • bakstavntimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Portuguese cadaste
  • cadastetimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Russian ахтерште́вень
  • ахтерште́вень (axterštévenʹ)timber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Scottish Gaelic claigeann-deiridh
  • claigeann-deiridhtimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Spanish codaste
  • codastetimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Swedish akterstäv
  • akterstävtimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Welsh starnbost
  • starnbosttimber or bar at the stern of a vessel
Cite this entry
APA

sternpost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternpost

MLA

“sternpost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternpost. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sternpost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternpost.

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