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Noun: garboard  'gaa(r),bord
  1. The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
    "The shipwright carefully fitted the garboard strake to ensure a watertight seal";
    - garboard plank, garboard strake

Derived forms: garboards

Type of: strake, wale

Encyclopedia: Garboard