FREEBOARD

Etymology 1

Noun

freeboard (plural freeboards)

(nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.

The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).

The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level.

Etymology 2

From being a skateboard with an additional degree of freedom of movement (yaw) and some additional rocking (roll) movement.

Noun

freeboard (plural freeboards)

A type of skateboard which simulates the movement of a snowboard when used on a downhill coarse, allowing snowboarding techniques, which has an addition of two centerline casters that extend below the traditional skateboard wheels and bogies.

Hypernyms

• skateboard

Coordinate terms

• snowboard

• skateboard

Source: Wiktionary



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CHEMICAL

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