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- noun the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
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chained_bear commented on the word garboard strake
"The first range of planks running along and outside a ship's bottom next to the keel. Also, the seam nearest the keel, the hardest to caulk." (A Sea of Words, 210)
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October 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word garboard strake
Flubbit the garboard strake, that's what I say. Otherwise the dringles unclug.
November 22, 2008
reesetee commented on the word garboard strake
Truer words have never been spoken.
November 23, 2008