Noah Webster
Stern-board
STERN-BOARD, noun [stern and board.] In seamens language, a loss of way in making a tack. To make a stern-board is when by a current or other cause, a vessel has fallen back from the point she had gained in the last tack.
STERN-BOARD, noun [stern and board.] In seamens language, a loss of way in making a tack. To make a stern-board is when by a current or other cause, a vessel has fallen back from the point she had gained in the last tack.