Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The space in a boat abaft the thwarts on which the rowers sit.
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Examples
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Mr. Pike nodded consent, so I went along, sitting near him in the stern-sheets where he steered, while half a dozen hands rowed us toward the suicide, who stood so weirdly upon the surface of the sea.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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The regular boat's-crew manned her, and Matauare and three other Tahitians, belted with cartridges and armed with rifles, sat in the stern-sheets where Sheldon stood at the steering-oar.
Chapter 10 2010
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From under the stern-sheets he drew out a cloth-bound book.
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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I had succumbed and slept where I sat in the stern-sheets.
Chapter 28 2010
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The boat's-crew scattered up and down the beach, ranging about with eager curiosity, while the two men who had sat in the stern-sheets opened the gate and came up the path to the bungalow.
Chapter 14 2010
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He washed his face and hands, sat down in the stern-sheets, and did some more thinking.
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Denby, carrying the lanterns, dropped into the stern-sheets.
A SON OF THE SUN 2010
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But what startled Sheldon was the sight of a woman in the stern-sheets, between the stroke-oar and the steersman.
Chapter 4 2010
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The murderer did not bother with the oars, contenting himself with sitting in the stern-sheets and rolling a cigarette.
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Tarwater, stoking the fire, would sometimes ask Liverpool, beating now one released hand and now the other as he fought for circulation where he steered in the freezing stern-sheets.
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