{Garboard strake} or {Garboard streak}, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Garboard strake — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Strake — Strake, n. [See {Streak}.] 1. A streak. [Obs.] Spenser. White strake. Gen. xxx. 37. [1913 Webster] 2. An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
