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
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
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 Stephen Sydney Reynolds
"I've got one-sixteenth of an inch play at any rate," said the garboard strake triumphantly; and so he had, and all the bottom of the ship felt a good deal easier for it.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various
Close to her garboard strake on the starboard side he saw where a large butt had started, owing probably to the bad loading of the ship.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
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