garboard

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English - English
The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom
One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake
the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
garboard

    Hyphenation

    gar·board

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'gär-"bOrd, -"bord ] (noun.) 1627. obsolete Dutch gaarboord.
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