Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAR'BOARD
GAR'BOARD, n.
The garboard plank, in a ship, is the first plank fastened on the keel on the outside. Bailey. Garboard-streak, in a ship, is the first range or streak of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Mar. Dict.
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