| Pronunciation: | | 'gâr`bowrd
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship |
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GARBOARD is a 8 letter word that starts with G. |
| | Synonyms: | | garboard plank, garboard strake |
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| | See Also: | | strake, wale |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.)
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.
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