Centerboard

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A movable keel in a sailboat that can be pivoted upward to reduce the boat's draft in shallow water.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of centreboard.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats, 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 drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A shifting keel passing through a slot in a boat's bottom and swinging on a pin at the forward lower corner.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
    • Equivalent
    centreboard   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fin keel   
    Hyponym
    daggerboard   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    centreboard    drop keel    sliding keel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    kilter    freeboard    spritsail    stempost    topgallant   
     
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