garboard

/ ˈɡɑːˌbɔːd /

noun

nautical the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull Also calledgarboard plankgarboard strake

C17: from Dutch gaarboord, probably from Middle Dutch gaderen to gather + boord board

"I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.

Keel outside garboard strake, inclusive of thickness of keelband, (p. 151) if any, shall not exceed in depth 1½ in.

I snubbed Garboard, twitted Oxley and played the very dickens with the flagship's midshipmen.

Usually a section of the keel and a portion of the garboard streaks were in sight above the sea.

It knocked down trees, swept over the lake, and—caught the little canoe on the crest of a wave, right under the garboard streak.

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