garboard strake

noun

The first course of planking laid next to a ship's keel, forming the bottommost part of the hull.

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Meanings

noungarboard strake (plural garboard strakes)

plural garboard strakes

  1. businessThe first course of planking laid next to a ship's keel, forming the bottommost part of the hull.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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garboardgarboard plank
Broader
walestrake
Also see
garboard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

garboard strake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garboard%20strake

MLA

“garboard strake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garboard%20strake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garboard strake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garboard%20strake.

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