garboard strake

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. the first strake on each side of a keel.

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Etymology

Origin of garboard strake

First recorded in 1620–30

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

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 keel and stem are both in one piece, as shown, and to this the garboard strake is to be fastened.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

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

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.