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garboard
garboard, or garboard strake, the first plank on the outer hull of a wooden vessel next to the keel, into which it is rabbeted. It runs from the stem to the sternpost, and is similarly rabbeted into those timbers. The term was also used in wooden ships to describe the first seam nearest the keel, the most difficult of all to caulk. Similarly, in steel shipbuilding the plates next to the keel are known as the garboard plates. It seems to have been a garbled version of ‘gathering-board’ and came into the English language from the Dutch gaarboord, itself derived from gadaren, to gather, and boord, board.
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"garboard." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "garboard." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-garboard.html "garboard." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-garboard.html |
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gar·board / ˈgärˌbôrd/ (also garboard strake) • n. the first range of planks or plates laid on a ship's bottom next to the keel. |
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"garboard." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "garboard." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-garboard.html "garboard." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-garboard.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "garboard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "garboard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-garboard.html T. F. HOAD. "garboard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-garboard.html |
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