| NOUN | artifact | centreboard, centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel | a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
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| Meaning | A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward. | |
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| Synonyms | centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel | |
| Part of | sailboat, sailing boat | A small sailing vessel |
| Region | Britain | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Canada | a nation in northern North America | |
| Narrower | daggerboard | A removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel |
| Broader | fin keel | A metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability |
| Spanish | orza de deriva | |
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