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Definition of Leeboards
1. leeboard [n] - See also: leeboard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeboards
Literary usage of Leeboards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yachts, Boats and Canoes by C. Stansfeld-Hicks (1887)
"... desirable to give her a deep keel or centreboard, you may easily improve her
capabilities by making and fitting a couple of leeboards, but it is well to ..."
2. Canoeing, Sailing and Motor Boating by Warren Hastings Miller (1919)
"As to the other upset, the leeboards were straight down, and you should always
avoid a point likely to have a shoal on it when tacking in a high wind for, ..."
3. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a by John Ross (1835)
"June 1st, THE men were at work at the leeboards. The thermometer at 27°, with a
fog. On the fourth much of the snow was dissolved round the ship ; the sun ..."
4. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Three fishing-vessels lie on the beach. Their leeboards are made of one plank
only, and are long ; the vessels short, and by no means ..."
5. History of New York Ship Yards by John Harrison Morrison (1909)
"To finish and fit four leeboards complete, but not their blocks and rigging.
To furnish two masts with their booms, studding sail booms and yards, ..."
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