garboard strake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of garboard strake
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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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
They are 4 in. in diameter at the garboard strake, and taper in both dimensions, so that they are less than 3 in. at the shelf.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.
The Moondaisy lies above the sea-wall, in the gutter, with her bottom-boards out and a puddle of greenish water covering her garboard strake.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
The water in the main channel was so deep that it was clean up to the critter's garboard strake, and still, by the creepin', I couldn't get him out of a walk.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
Here spoke a sea-valve that communicated directly with the water outside and was seated not very far from the garboard strake.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various
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