Associations to the word «Sternpost»

Wiktionary

STERNPOST, noun. (nautical) A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

Dictionary definition

STERNPOST, noun. (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King