sailboard

American  

[seyl-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈseɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.

2. a small, flat, single-masted sailboat, usually having no cockpit.

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sailboard British  

/ ˈseɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

1. the craft used for windsurfing, consisting of a moulded board like a surfboard, to which a mast bearing a single sail is attached by a swivel joint

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Etymology

Origin of sailboard

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; sail + board

Example Sentences

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sailboard

When Mr. Darby and his wife, Naomi, saw how similar the rival sailboard was to the one that he had written about in Popular Science, they contacted the federal Patent and Trademark Office.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2016

Around the same time, two other men, Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer, had devised their own version of a sailboard, and in 1970 they were successful in obtaining a patent.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2016

Mariusz made himself easier to trace after dropping a key clue on his original profile: "I just made my own sailboard."

From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2012

Swift, George O'Day's bid for a slice of the sailboard market.

From Time Magazine Archive

I went into my next door neighbour's, There I bought a pipkin and a popkin— A slipkin and a slopkin, A nailboard, a sailboard, And all for a farthing.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various