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garboards

garboards is the plural of garboard.

Meaning of garboard

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

Questions about garboards

What is garboards the plural of?
Garboards is the plural of garboard.

Words near garboards in the dictionary

  1. garbly
  2. garbo
  3. garboard
  4. garboard strake
  5. garboard strakes
  6. garboards
  7. Garboesque
  8. garboil
  9. garboils
  10. garbological
  11. garbologically

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