A ships boat carried at or near the stern.
Stern of the boat meaning. Severe or showing disapproval. Aft-most means located in the very back of the boat. Refers to the forward part of a pleasure craft.
STERN LINE A docking line leading from the stern. Many centuries ago ships were always moored on the left side. The Red Ensign the flag of the British Merchant Navy is rarely seen these days except on the sterns of a few cruise liners and cross-Channel ferries.
Severe serious forbidding steely More Synonyms of stern. The stern is the aft-most part of a boat. Example sentences All the students know they have to be on their best behavior when they have a lesson with that stern teacher.
The stern includes the extension of the counter rail to the taffrail as well as the bottom part the entire area. The stern is defined as the rear of anything. The stern of a boat is the back part of it.
Or the word may come from Old Frisian stiarne rudder which also is related to steer v. STOW To put an item in its proper place. Definition of stern boat.
Early 13c hind part of a ship. Stern noun C SHIP the back part of a ship or boat. Opposition stark hart.