garboard

Variant of garboard (strake)

garboard (strake) definition

gar·board· (strake) (gär′bôrd′)

noun

the strake adjoining the keel

Etymology: Du gaarbord < garen (contr. of gaderen, to gather) + boord, board

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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