GARBOARD

garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake

(noun) the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

garboard (plural garboards)

(nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.

Source: Wiktionary


Gar"board, n. (Naut.)

Definition: One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. Garboard strake or streak, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Totten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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