Usually means: Foremost timber in ship's bow.
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  1. stemson: Merriam-Webster
  2. stemson: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. stemson: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stemson: Wordnik
  5. stemson: Wiktionary
  6. stemson: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. stemson: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. stemson: Dictionary.com
  9. Stemson: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. stemson: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Stemson: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. stemson: FreeDictionary.org
  13. stemson: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. stemson: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (nautical) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.

Similar:
stern frame, fashion piece, lace piece, transom, sternboard, sternfast, setbolt, escutcheon, breasthook, knighthead, more...

Opposite:
stern, aft, back, rear

Types:
bow, ram, figurehead, beakhead, prow, more...

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Similar:
stern frame, fashion piece, lace piece, transom, sternboard, sternfast, setbolt, escutcheon, breasthook, knighthead, more...

Opposite:
stern, aft, back, rear

Types:
bow, ram, figurehead, beakhead, prow, more...



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