HyperDic: garboard_strake

English > 1 sense of the expression garboard strake:
NOUNartifactgarboard strake, garboard, garboard plankthe first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
English > garboard strake: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningThe first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship.
Synonymsgarboard, garboard plank
Broaderwale, strakeThick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

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