codaste

sternpost

“Alzaba el buque moribundo la proa, dejando en descubierto todo el codaste y a ratos parte de la quilla.” — The moribund vessel lifted the prow, leaving out in the open the entire sternpost and, at times, part of the keel.

Borrowed from Portuguese cadaste (“sternpost”), from Latin catasta. Doublet of catasta (“a torture instrument”).