garboard

English

Etymology

From Dutch gaarboord, equivalent to gather + board.

Noun

garboard (plural garboards)

1. (nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
   • 1884, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (Fourth Edition), page 14:

     The garboard strakes are generally of American elm, and it is best that the planking above should be of American elm or oak to within a foot or so of the load water-line, and teak above to the covering board or deck edge.

Translations

the board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom

• Finnish: kölisarja
• French: gabord (fr) m