Side or direction from which wind blows same as windward.

Stern of a boat definition. Opposition stark hart. The stern is the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The back part of a boat or ship See the full definition for stern in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

Stern noun C SHIP the back part of a ship or boat. The top portion of the outer surface of a ship on each side above the waterline. The stern lies opposite of the bow the foremost part of a ship.

If your boat has a stern drive or inboard outboard engine it will be mount ed within the hull of the boat. Canoeists often cite the stern of the boat as the position from which the steering of the boat is done while the person paddling in the bow position is responsible primarily for power production. A lower deck of a ship.

Aboard On or within the vessel. A handy tip for remembering which side is port is to remember that port and left have the same number of letters. An example of stern is the back of a boat.

When looking towards the bow the left-hand side of the boat is the port side. Words also character warning ernst. Above Deck On the deck but not over it - see Aloft.

Stern of a boat Refers to the back end of a pleasure craft. Stéor meaning steer and bord meaning the side of a boat. Sailors began calling the right side the steering side which soon became starboard by combining two Old English words.