leeboard
leeboard · leeboards
A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leewayA board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
(countable, uncommon, uncountable)Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee +From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.
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