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sternboard

sternboard noun: backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.

Noun

sternboard (plural sternboards)

  1. Backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.
  2. A kind of ship's figurehead.

Forms of sternboard

pluralsternboards

Questions about sternboard

What does sternboard mean?
Sternboard means backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.
What part of speech is sternboard?
Sternboard is a noun.
What is the plural of sternboard?
The plural of sternboard is sternboards.

Words near sternboard in the dictionary

  1. Sternberg tasks
  2. sternbergia
  3. Sternbergian
  4. sternbergias
  5. sternbergite
  6. sternboard
  7. sternboards
  8. sterncastle
  9. sterncastles
  10. Sterndale
  11. sterndrive

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