garboard

gar·board

G0040600 (gär′bôrd′)n. The first range or strake of planks laid next to a ship's keel.

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[Obsolete Dutch gaarboord : possibly Dutch gaar, cooked, done (from Middle Dutch gaer) + Dutch boord, board (from Middle Dutch boort).]

garboard

(ˈɡɑːˌbɔːd) n (Nautical Terms) nautical the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull. Also called: garboard plank or garboard strake [C17: from Dutch gaarboord, probably from Middle Dutch gaderen to gather + boord board]

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garboard - the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden shipgarboard plank, garboard strakestrake, wale - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship