Etymology

garboard

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Today it means: The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom. Full definition →

Dutch gaarboord
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromgaarboord
  2. English todaygarboard

From Dutch gaarboord, equivalent to gather + board.

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