garboard strake

NOUN
  1. the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
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How To Use garboard strake In A Sentence

  • Her garboard strake is three inches thick; her planking two and one-half inches thick; her deck - planking two inches thick and in all her planking there are no butts. Chapter 2
  • Didn't trust her any more, hadn't for the last two years since he had found rot in the garboard strakes. CORMORANT
  • This tongue forms a very solid backing for the garboard strakes and is pierced with holes in pairs as shown from side to side.
  • Planks were usually screwed at the ends and, in some cases, the garboard strakes received similar treatment.
  • However, it is normal practice to caulk the garboard strake and the hood ends with cotton caulking, or oakum in heavier work, and seal it over with a filling compound.
  • We could say our boat's pulled up in the ravine cove for repair of a sprung garboard strake. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
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