GARBOARD STRAKE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship

Synonyms:

garboard; garboard plank; garboard strake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("garboard strake" is a kind of...):

strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)

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