Usually means: Vertical structural member at stern.
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  1. sternpost: Merriam-Webster
  2. sternpost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sternpost: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sternpost: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sternpost: Vocabulary.com
  6. sternpost: Wordnik
  7. sternpost: Wiktionary
  8. sternpost: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. sternpost: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. sternpost: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sternpost: Dictionary.com
  12. Sternpost: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Sternpost: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. sternpost: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. sternpost: Rhymezone
  16. Sternpost: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. sternpost: FreeDictionary.org
  18. sternpost: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. sternpost: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. sternpost: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sternpost)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

Similar:
sternson, stempost, Samson post, heelpost, partner, stick, beam, sampson post, hook, jeer capstan, more...

Opposite:
bow, prow, forepart

Adjectives:
straight, vertical, curved, false, raked, inner, wooden, main, high, upright, short

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Similar:
sternson, stempost, Samson post, heelpost, partner, stick, beam, sampson post, hook, jeer capstan, more...

Opposite:
bow, prow, forepart

Adjectives:
straight, vertical, curved, false, raked, inner, wooden, main, high, upright, short



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