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centerboarder

/ˈsɛntɚˌbɔɹdɚ/

centerboarder noun: a boat equipped with a centerboard.

Noun

centerboarder (plural centerboarders)

  1. A boat equipped with a centerboard.
    • J. Bordee, Jr. has designed a 21 ft. centerboarder which the Globe describes as follows: “The board will be a centerboard of moderate beam and light draft, but with a heavily weighted board and …”1892 December 22, “Yacht News Notes”, in Forrest and Stream, VOLUME XXXIX JULY 1892-DECEMBER 1892, NEW YORK: FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, page 545
    • Many people, however, thought that the centerboarder could not fight the midwinter storms even---if she had beaten Henrietta to Cape May and back in a gale---and made her the underdog to trail at Cowes.1960 January, K Jack Bauer, “The Great Ocean Race”, in The Skipper, volume xx, number 1, page 23

Forms of centerboarder

pluralcenterboarders

Origin of centerboarder

From centerboard + -er.

Questions about centerboarder

What does centerboarder mean?
Centerboarder means a boat equipped with a centerboard.
What part of speech is centerboarder?
Centerboarder is a noun.
How do you pronounce centerboarder?
Centerboarder is pronounced /ˈsɛntɚˌbɔɹdɚ/.
What is the plural of centerboarder?
The plural of centerboarder is centerboarders.

Words near centerboarder in the dictionary

  1. centeral
  2. centerally
  3. centerbit
  4. centerbits
  5. centerboard
  6. centerboarder
  7. centerboarders
  8. centerboards
  9. centercab
  10. centercabs
  11. Centerdale

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