garboard

British  

/ ˈɡɑːˌbɔːd /

noun

1. Also called: garboard plank.   garboard strake.  nautical the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull

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Etymology

Origin of garboard

C17: from Dutch gaarboord, probably from Middle Dutch gaderen to _gather + boord _board

Example Sentences

But anybody who can tell a top carling from a garboard strake will want a copy of Spring Tides in his dunnage the next time he does a windward dozen.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if the French and Spanish navies were rotten to their garboard strakes, Pope makes clear that the British was rotten to its keelson.

From Time Magazine Archive

The keel is 14 in. deep, the part below the rabbet of the garboard or lowest strakes of the planking, being 11 in. deep, and 4½ in. thick at the bottom.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.

The hull was made pointed fore and aft, and somewhat resembles a pilot-boat, minus the keel and the sharp garboard strakes.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof

There was a jagged hole about nine inches in diameter through the garboard strake and the strake next to it on the port side about five feet from the stem.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)