[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

garboard \gar"board\, n. naut.
   one of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a
   garboard strake.
   1913 webster

   garboard strake or garboard streak, the first range or
      strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel.
      --totten.
      1913 webster
see also:
garboard strake garboard streak 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

garboard
     n : the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship syn:
         garboard plank, garboard strake
see also:
garboard plank garboard strake 

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