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centre-board|ˈsɛntəbɔəd|
In a flat-bottomed sailing-boat, a movable board or plate of iron, which can be lowered through the keel in deep water to prevent lee-way and increase the stability under canvas, and in shallow water can be lifted up within the boat; often attrib. as in centre-board boat, centre-board cutter. b. Short for centre-board boat.
1867J. Macgregor Voy. Alone Rob Roy (1868) 93 All rigs and all sizes there were even to a great centre board cutter. 1881Times 19 Jan. 8/2 Mr. Young went..to cross the bay in a centre-board boat. 1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 443/2 Two keels are being laid down to every centre-board designed. Ibid. 449/1 The centre-board is generally lowered. 1886Times 25 Oct. 13 (Article) A week in a Centre-board. |