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freeboards
n. (plural of freeboard English)
Usage examples of "freeboards".
The sharp-prowed boats, with high freeboards and the cabins mounted well forward, masts and net booms aft on the stern, were heading into deep water in the Gulf.
The boats that stayed in shallower water had flat bottoms for less draft, lower freeboards, rounded bows with the masts forward and little cabins at the stern.
Closest to the quay were some ungainly ships, much smaller than frigates, with low freeboards and wide hulls.