stemhead

English

Alternative forms

  • stem-head

Etymology

From stem +‎ head.

Noun

stemhead (plural stemheads)

  1. (nautical) The top and foremost end of a stem on a marine vessel.
    • 1902, Joseph Conrad, Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC:
      [...] and a man, all in a heap in the bows of the boat, slept with both arms embracing the stem-head and with his cheek laid on the gunwale.
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