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leeboards

leeboards is the plural of leeboard.

Meaning of leeboard

Noun

leeboard (countable and uncountable, plural leeboards)

  1. (countable) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
    • […] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […]1909, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder, page 24
  2. (uncommon) Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).
    • Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed.1896, Albert Scheible, “The Need of Uniform Voltage”, in The Electrical Trade, page 5

Questions about leeboards

What is leeboards the plural of?
Leeboards is the plural of leeboard.

Words near leeboards in the dictionary

  1. Lee-Kesler method
  2. Lee-on-the-Solent
  3. leeangle
  4. leeangles
  5. leeboard
  6. leeboards
  7. Leebotwood
  8. leech
  9. Leech lattice
  10. Leech lattices
  11. leech line

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