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garboard

garboard noun: the board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.

Noun

garboard (plural garboards)

  1. The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
    • The garboard strakes are generally of American elm, and it is best that the planking above should be of American elm or oak to within a foot or so of the load water-line, and teak above to the covering board or deck edge.1884, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (Fourth Edition), page 14

Forms of garboard

pluralgarboards

Origin of garboard

From Dutch gaarboord, equivalent to gather + board.

Words formed from garboard

Phrases with garboard

Questions about garboard

What does garboard mean?
Garboard means the board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
What part of speech is garboard?
Garboard is a noun.
What is the plural of garboard?
The plural of garboard is garboards.

Words near garboard in the dictionary

  1. garbley gook
  2. garbling
  3. garblings
  4. garbly
  5. garbo
  6. garboard
  7. garboard strake
  8. garboard strakes
  9. garboards
  10. Garboesque
  11. garboil

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