Garboard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Garboard is a noun meaning (nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
Meaning
(nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
Example Sentences
The garboard strakes are generally of American elm, and it is best that the planking above should be of American elm or oak to within a foot or so of the load water-line, and teak above to the covering board or deck edge.
Word Forms
- garboards
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include strake, strakes, garbel, gang-plank, gamber, galley.
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