English Explanatory Dictionary

leeboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
  2. Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).

Word forms

leeboard leeboards

Etymology

From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.

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