stem piece (stempes)

In ship - building, a piece between the stem and the chocks, also called independent piece. See cut under stem2, stemple (stem'pl), n. [Cf. D. stempel = MHG. stempfel, G. stempel ( stem-sickne (stem's ik"nes), n. A disease of clover in England. It is caused by a nematoid worm, Tylenchus dev a stat riz, known as the stem -eelworm, and brings about first a stunted condition and finally the death of the plant.