Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sternson"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sternson \Stern"son\, n. [See {Stern}, n., and cf. {Stemson}.]
(Naut.)
The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is
bolted; -- called also {stern knee}.
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