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sternson Naut.|ˈstɜːnsən|
[An English formation from stern n.3 on the analogy of kelson, keelson. For the second element -son, see the etymological note s.v. kelson.
Falconer Dict. Marine (1769–1815) explains and uses stemson, but does not recognize sternson as a term for the sternpost knee.]
In a wooden vessel, the knee-shaped timber fitted into the angle formed by the junction of stern-post and kelson in order to secure the joint.
1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 322 Sternson, or Stern knee, a piece of compass timber forming a continuation of a vessel's keelson, and extending over the deadwood to the stern-post, which is secured to it by bolts. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 66 The ‘sternson’, or ‘inner post’..bears the same relation to the stern post that the stemson does the stem.
b. sternson-knee (in the same sense).
1849Longfellow Build. Ship 178 Stemson and keelson and sternson-knee. |