leeboard

[ lee-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈliˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun Nautical.

either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.

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Origin of leeboard

1400–50; late Middle English: the lee side of a ship; see lee, board

Words nearby leeboard

Ledoux, Le Duc Tho, Ledyard, Led Zeppelin, lee, leeboard, leech, leech line, leech rope, Leeds, Leeds Castle

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How to use leeboard in a sentence

In rough water a centreboard must strain a boat more than a leeboard does.
Yachting Vol. 1|Various.
The pleasure of sailing was thus denied to me for several years afterwards, and all through my ignorance of the leeboard.
Yachting Vol. 1|Various.
As she heels to port she lifts her gleaming side and trails her free leeboard as a bird might stretch a tired wing.
A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides
The leeboard, like a centre board, is of course intended to keep the canoe from sliding off when trying to beat up into the wind.
Boy Scouts Handbook|Boy Scouts of America

The leeboard is a necessary attachment to the sailing outfit.
Boy Scouts Handbook|Boy Scouts of America

British Dictionary definitions for leeboard

leeboard

/ (ˈliːˌbɔːd) /

noun

nautical one of a pair of large adjustable paddle-like boards that may be lowered along the lee side to reduce sideways drift or leeway

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