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Garboard Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.
garboard
\gar"board\ (?), n. (naut.) one of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.
garboard
strake or
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garboard strake
Noun
1. the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
(synonym) garboard plank, garboard strake
(hypernym) wale, strake
Garboard Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
The plating next to the flat keel, or what is known as strake A.
