garboard strake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of garboard strake
First recorded in 1620–30
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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
Her garboard strake is three inches thick; her planking two and one-half inches thick; her deck- planking two inches thick and in all her planking there are no butts.
From The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London
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 George C. V. Holmes
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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
We did so, and found that the garboard strake was broken and two of her timbers, but they were easy to repair; in every other respect she was sound.
From The Privateersman by Frederick Marryat
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