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GARBOARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garboard mean?
• GARBOARD (noun)
The noun GARBOARD has 1 sense:
1. the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
Familiarity information: GARBOARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
garboard; garboard plank; garboard strake
Hypernyms ("garboard" is a kind of...):
strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)
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