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GARBOARD STRAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does garboard strake mean? 

GARBOARD STRAKE (noun)
  The noun GARBOARD STRAKE has 1 sense:

1. the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden shipplay

  Familiarity information: GARBOARD STRAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GARBOARD STRAKE (noun)


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 strake" is a kind of...):

strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)


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