noun
the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
• Syn: ↑garboard, ↑garboard plank
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nounsee garboard
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Naut.
the first strake on each side of a keel.
[1620-30]
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gar|board «GAHR BRD, -BOHRD», noun, or garboard strake,
one of the planks or plates on a ship's bottom, next to the keel.
╂[apparently < obsolete Dutch gaarboord, perhaps < garen, for gaderan gather + boord board]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.