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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sternson

· Stern·son · IPA
01 n. The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
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    The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.(Naut.) Also: stern knee