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covering board

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 219 words | Copyright

covering board, the name given, particularly in yacht construction, to the outmost plank of the main deck, which is usually wider then the other deck planks. In larger wooden ships it is usually called the plank sheer.

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