stern

Czy stern może oznaczać pień drzewa? Tekst o wspinaniu sie na palmę "...I produced some rough pieces of the shark's skin (...) , and after fastening them tightly to their arms and knees, told them to try again, as the rough surface would enable them to rest and take breath while clinging to the STERN with their knees."

moze chodzic o dolna cześć drzewa

albo do calej tej 'improwizowanej uprzazy alpinistycznej' ktora on zrobil ze skory rekina zeby sie nie zeslizgiwali, trzeba by bylo jakos to ujac tu po polsku

stern n3
b. transf, An apparatus which controls a horse, machine, etc. as a rudder controls a ship. Obs. (OED)

tansf, oznacza jakby 'in transferred sense in various phrases with literal or figurative meaning,
a' obs ' (obsolete) mowi samo za siebie