Stern′port, a port or opening in the stern of a ship Stern′post, the aftermost timber of a ship which supports the rudder Stern′sheets, the part of a boat between the stern and the rowers Stern′son, the hinder extremity of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted Stern′way, the backward motion of a vessel Stern′-wheel′er ( U.S.), a small vessel with one large paddle-wheel at the stern. Stern′-frame, the sternpost, transoms, and fashion-pieces of a ship's stern.- adj. Stern′-fast, a rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, &c. Sterned, having a stern of a specified kind.- ns. Stern′age ( Shak.), the steerage or stern of a ship Stern′board, backward motion of a ship: loss of way in tacking Stern′-chase, a chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another Stern′-chās′er, a cannon in the stern of a ship.- adj. the hind-part of a vessel: the rump or tail of an animal.- v.t. severe of countenance, manner, or feeling: austere: harsh: unrelenting: steadfast.- adv. Though a great improvement over the transom stern in terms of its vulnerability to attack when under fire, elliptical sterns still had obvious weaknesses which the next major stern development-the iron-hulled cruiser stern-addressed far better and with much different materials.Ĭhambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: The USS Brandywine became the first sailing ship to sport such a stern.
The United States began building the first elliptical stern warship in 1820, a decade before the British. But Seppings' design left the rudder head exposed, and was regarded by many as simply ugly-no American warships were designed with such sterns, and the round stern was quickly superseded by the elliptical stern. The square stern had been an easy target for enemy cannon, and could not support the weight of heavy stern chase guns. In 1817 the British naval architect Sir Robert Seppings first introduced the concept of the round or circular stern. This frame is designed to support the various beams that make up the stern.
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The hull sections of a sailing ship located before the stern are composed of a series of U-shaped rib-like frames set in a sloped or "cant" arrangement, with the last frame before the stern being called the fashion timber or fashion piece, so called for "fashioning" the after part of the ship. Sterns on European and American wooden sailing ships began with two principal forms: the square or transom stern and the elliptical, fantail, or merchant stern, and were developed in that order. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white navigation light at night. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern lies opposite of the bow, the foremost part of a ship. The stern is the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. "an exacting instructor" "a stern disciplinarian" "strict standards"įreebase (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: "grim determination" "grim necessity" "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" "relentless persecution" "the stern demands of parenthood" Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty Grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting adjective Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor forbidding in aspect "he deserves a good kick in the butt" "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)īuttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass adjective Stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail noun
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