Stem

The heavy curved piece of timber, which terminates the fore For such terms as arc equally applicable to any ve el, whether wood, composite, iron or sta<l, sec description of u Iron or Steel Ship. ” end of a ship’s hull; in large ve els it is composed of several pieces. Its lower end is connected to the fore end of the keel, its upper end extending up to (and usually forming a bed for) the bowsprit. See Plates 1. 8, 5. 3,9. t & 15. i.