garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake
(noun) the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
