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leeboard

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lee⋅board

  [lee-bawrd, -bohrd]
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–noun Nautical.
either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: the lee side of a ship; see lee 1 , board
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lee·board   (lē'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  One of a pair of movable boards or plates attached to the hull of a sailing vessel to reduce downwind drift.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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