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

Mr. Darby created his sailboard in 1964 out of frustration that the waves on lakes, like the one near his home in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., were not big enough to surf on.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2016

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

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

When he started talking to me about crossing the Atlantic on a sailboard, I thought he was nuts.

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