centerboard
[sen-ter-bawrd, -bohrd]
- a pivoted fin keel that can be swung upward and aft within a watertight trunk when not in use.
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Compare daggerboard.
Origin of centerboard
Also called drop keel.
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Historical Examples
It was long, narrow, and low in freeboard and was fitted with a centerboard.
The Migrations of an American Boat TypeHoward I. Chapelle
I leaped down into the cockpit and quickly lowered the centerboard.
Swept Out to SeaW. Bertram Foster
You were right in insisting on shallow draught and a centerboard.
Johnstone of the BorderHarold Bindloss
Joe dropped the centerboard and returned, to be stationed at the jib-sheet.
The Cruise of the DazzlerJack London
If I could get to the centerboard and drop it, I believed the sloop would ride better and could be steered.
Swept Out to SeaW. Bertram Foster