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DAGGERBOARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daggerboard mean?
• DAGGERBOARD (noun)
The noun DAGGERBOARD has 1 sense:
1. a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel
Familiarity information: DAGGERBOARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("daggerboard" is a kind of...):
centerboard; centreboard; drop keel; sliding keel (a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward)
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