leeboard
Collocations
4ADJ.
fitted
VERB + LEEBOARD
lowered
LEEBOARD + NOUN
kester, starboard, winches
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
noun
A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
[…] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […]
Forward of the mizzenmast was an iron box in which the mainsheets worked, and to port and starboard were the leeboard winches, hand-worked.
Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).
Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed.
[…] because the leeboard side could be easily unrigged to avoid damaging the rigging, while the starboard side would be required to safely navigate the vessel.
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3[…] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […]
WiktionaryForward of the mizzenmast was an iron box in which the mainsheets worked, and to port and starboard were the leeboard winches, hand-worked.
WiktionaryI lowered the starboard leeboard. I sent Kester up forward with the binoculars. 'Any buoy,' I told him, 'just yell and point.'
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