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Centerboard

noun
1.
A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward.  Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel.





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"Centerboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... the center and tapering toward each end, at the same time bending slightly upward, so as to make the boat shallower at the ends than in the middle. This kind of bottom is called a "rocker bottom." They are usually rowed, but are sometimes furnished with a sprit sail and centerboard. ...
— The Lobster Fishery of Maine - Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 • John N. Cobb


Words linked to "Centerboard" :   fin keel, sliding keel, centreboard, drop keel, daggerboard, sailboat, sailing boat


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