In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GARBOARDS
Noun
garboards
plural of garboard
Source: Wiktionary
GARBOARD
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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