GARBOARD PLANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does garboard plank mean? 

• GARBOARD PLANK (noun)
  The noun GARBOARD PLANK has 1 sense:

1. the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship

  Familiarity information: GARBOARD PLANK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GARBOARD PLANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

garboard; garboard plank; garboard strake

Hypernyms ("garboard plank" is a kind of...):

strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)