Bible Dictionaries
Sternpost

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sternpost'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sternpost.html. 1828.