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Definition of Garboard plank
1. Noun. The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garboard Plank
Literary usage of Garboard plank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope [1828-1849] by James L. Buchanan, William Menzies (1870)
"It was impossible that there could have been anything wrong with the garboard
plank, or with the plank next the garboard streak, at the time of the last ..."
2. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"Take another plank and fitting it upon the top edge of the garboard plank, mark
with the pencil the shape of the curve on the second streak. ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"The depth is measured from the top of garboard plank to top of deck plank in the
main hatch. Then take г'5 of the length, as found above; set it off from ..."
4. Yachts, Boats and Canoes by C. Stansfeld-Hicks (1887)
"Before removing the garboard plank the position of all the moulds must be marked
off on it and also the ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The act or practice of falsifying what has been said or written by partial or
misleading quotation. garboard-plank ..."
6. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"A term applied to the outside planking between the garboard plank and the side
planking^ Planks, Parting. The centerline planks of the deck near the bow. ..."
7. Yacht Architecture: A Treatise on the Laws which Govern the Resistance of by Dixon Kemp (1897)
"The garboard plank will be Gin. or Sin. wide at the broadest part, and the other
planks will be as broad as the shape of the boat will admit of being worked ..."
8. Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope [1828-1849] by James L. Buchanan, William Menzies (1870)
"It was impossible that there could have been anything wrong with the garboard
plank, or with the plank next the garboard streak, at the time of the last ..."
9. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"Take another plank and fitting it upon the top edge of the garboard plank, mark
with the pencil the shape of the curve on the second streak. ..."
10. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"The depth is measured from the top of garboard plank to top of deck plank in the
main hatch. Then take г'5 of the length, as found above; set it off from ..."
11. Yachts, Boats and Canoes by C. Stansfeld-Hicks (1887)
"Before removing the garboard plank the position of all the moulds must be marked
off on it and also the ..."
12. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The act or practice of falsifying what has been said or written by partial or
misleading quotation. garboard-plank ..."
13. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"A term applied to the outside planking between the garboard plank and the side
planking^ Planks, Parting. The centerline planks of the deck near the bow. ..."
14. Yacht Architecture: A Treatise on the Laws which Govern the Resistance of by Dixon Kemp (1897)
"The garboard plank will be Gin. or Sin. wide at the broadest part, and the other
planks will be as broad as the shape of the boat will admit of being worked ..."
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