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The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
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garboard
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Garboard \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. Garboard strake or Garboard streak , the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn: garboard plank , garboard strake ]