sb. pl. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 7 sterne-shootes, 9 dial. stern-shuts. [f. STERN sb.1 + SHOOT sb.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.
