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Definition of Centerboard
1. Noun. A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward.
Specialized synonyms: Daggerboard
Generic synonyms: Fin Keel
Group relationships: Sailboat, Sailing Boat
Definition of Centerboard
1. n. A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States
Definition of Centerboard
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of centreboard) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centerboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centerboard
Literary usage of Centerboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul by Ahmed John Kenealy (1905)
"A folding centerboard should be fitted as in Fig. 10, so as to avoid the awkwardness
of a trunk, which in a small craft takes up too much room. ..."
2. Outing (1893)
"The new vessel is to be of steel, but whether she is to be equipped with a
centerboard or some kind of fin keel has not been made public. ..."
3. Yachts and Yachting: With Over One Hundred and Ten Illustrations by Frederic Schiller Cozzens (1887)
"She was safer and had more accommodation than any other boat of the same water
line, and could and did sail, in weather which sent the average centerboard ..."
4. Yachting Wrinkles: A Practical and Historical Handbook of Valuable by Ahmed John Kenealy (1899)
"It is by practical results that the centerboard yacht must be judged, ...
I believe that the centerboard has been beneficial to the sport of yachting. ..."
5. The Woman's Book of Sports: A Practical Guide to Physical Development and by Jahial Parmly Paret (1901)
"The centerboard is a necessary adjunct of every catboat, ... The centerboard is
an American invention to take the place of a keel in a larger boat, ..."
6. An Introduction to the Study of Science: A First Course in Science for High by Wayne Prescott Smith, Edmund Gale Jewett (1918)
"The resistance of the hull and centerboard of the boat together with that of the
water must be considered. This requires that the sail pressure (AP) or 240 ..."
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