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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom..
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.
Use garboard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Garboard means (nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom..
Common synonyms include garboard strake, garboard plank.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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