'Stern chaser' definitions:
Definition of 'stern chaser'
From: WordNet
noun
A naval gun able to fire astern at a ship in chase
Definition of 'Stern chaser'
From: GCIDE
- Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. [1913 Webster]
- Stern board (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See Board, n., 8 (b) .
- Stern chase. (Naut.) (a) See under Chase, n. (b) A stern chaser.
- Stern chaser (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit.
- Stern fast (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.
- Stern frame (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship.
- Stern knee. See Sternson.
- Stern port (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship.
- Stern sheets (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers.
- Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'stern chaser'
From: GCIDE
- Chaser \Chas"er\, n.
- 1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern. [1913 Webster]