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Centreboard

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n. The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.

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n. same as centerboard.

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n. a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward

Word Usage

"I pulled up my centreboard, ran full tilt into the mud, took in sail, and, standing in the stern, as I had often done at low tide, I began to shove the skiff with an oar."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

fin keel

Cross Reference

leeboard bilge board dagger board

Variant

centerboard

Hyponym

daggerboard

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

centerboard drop keel sliding keel