trailboard

[ treyl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

nounNautical.
  1. an ornamented board extending on each side of the bow of a vessel from a figurehead or the like to abaft the hawse.

Origin of trailboard

1
First recorded in 1695–1705; trail + board

Words Nearby trailboard

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