stern-shoots, n. pl. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 7 sterne-shootes, 9 dial. stern-shuts.
[f. stern n.1 + shoot n.2]
= stern-sheet 2.
| 1633 T. James Voy. 70 The lower hole which we had cut in the Sterne-Shootes. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict., Stern-shuts, the place aft in a ‘keel’ where the ‘huddock’ is placed. |