centerboard
[ sen-ter-bawrd, -bohrd ]
nounNautical.
a pivoted fin keel that can be swung upward and aft within a watertight trunk when not in use.
Origin of centerboard
1- Also called drop keel.
- Compare daggerboard.
Words Nearby centerboard
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How to use centerboard in a sentence
When he looked again there was but one, a figure sprawled along the keel, clinging to the centerboard.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnThe centerboard had floated up and projected at the top, and it was about this that Captain Davis' arms were clasped.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnJonadab rolled up his shirt sleeves and laid hands on the centerboard stick.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnThe table swung to the centerboard-case on hinges, so that when not in use it actually occupied no room at all.
The Cruise of the Dazzler | Jack LondonFrench Pete put his head up on the other side of the centerboard, his eyes heavy with sleep, and made them welcome.
The Cruise of the Dazzler | Jack London
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